Security advisory

{
  "id": "23126e7bb95a8f6d17ce740d24d5547b1a7b3764ef2437c069147dc053685c24",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-35769",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-35769",
    "summary": "miniserv.pl in Webmin 1.962 on Windows mishandles special characters in query arguments to the CGI program.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-35769",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-35769",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-35769"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/webmin/webmin",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "b6ad8b0f41de1063345f9eb3fcb99f789444ece4"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b6ad8b0f41de1063345f9eb3fcb99f789444ece4"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1163f3a7f418f249af64890f4636575e687e9de7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.962:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.962"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.962"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "1163f3a7f418f249af64890f4636575e687e9de7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.962"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-35769.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:20.220878984Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1163f3a7f418f249af64890f4636575e687e9de7#diff-9b33fd8f5603d4f0d1428689bc36f24af4770608a22c0d92b7a8bcc522450dc6",
        "https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Webmin-code-execution-via-miniserv-pl-handle-request-34220"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-35769",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385077,
  "published_at": "2020-12-29T06:15:13.773+00:00"
}