What is CVE-2020-7653?

CVE-2020-7653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synk Broker, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2020-7653?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Synk Broker

CVE-2020-7653

All versions of snyk-broker before 4.80.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read. It allows arbitrary file reads for users with access to Snyk's internal network by creating symlinks to match whitelisted paths.

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Synk Broker
N/a Snyk-broker — versions All versions before 4.80.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

report@snyk.io (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
report@snyk.io (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7653?: CVE-2020-7653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synk Broker, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2020-7653?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.