What is CVE-2020-7649?

CVE-2020-7649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snyk Broker, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-7649?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Snyk Broker

CVE-2020-7649

This affects the package snyk-broker before 4.73.0. It allows arbitrary file reads for users with access to Snyk's internal network via directory traversal.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-07-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% 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: 0.016 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Snyk Broker
Snyk-Broker — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SNYKBROKER-570608 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/snyk/broker/commit/90e0bac07a800b7c4c6646097c9c89d6b878b429 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
updates.snyk.io/snyk-broker-security-fixes-152338 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7649?: CVE-2020-7649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snyk Broker, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-7649?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.