What is CVE-2020-7687?

CVE-2020-7687 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fast-Http Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-7687?

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

Path Traversal in Fast-Http Project

CVE-2020-7687

This affects all versions of package fast-http. There is no path sanitization in the path provided at fs.readFile in index.js.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2020-07-25 · 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:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fast-Http Project
Fast-Http — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FASTHTTP-572892 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7687?: CVE-2020-7687 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fast-Http Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-7687?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.