CVE-2020-29600
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.8% (pctl 90)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.84% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-12-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| awstats | awstats |
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891469
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/90
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891469
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/90
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/
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