What is CVE-2020-36568?

CVE-2020-36568 is a high-severity vulnerability in Github.com/revel/revel, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-36568?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Github.com/revel/revel

CVE-2020-36568

Unsanitized input in the query parser in github.com/revel/revel before v1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause resource exhaustion via memory allocation.

Published 2022-12-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Github.com/revel/revel — versions 0
Revel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

github.com/revel/revel/pull/1427 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/revel/revel/commit/d160ecb72207824005b19778594cbdc272e8a605 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/revel/revel/issues/1424 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0003 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36568?: CVE-2020-36568 is a high-severity vulnerability in Github.com/revel/revel, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-36568?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.