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awstats — security advisory
In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501 and CVE-2020-29600.
- Products
- awstats
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 7.8-r0, 7.8-r1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-35176
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501 and CVE-2020-29600.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2020-35176
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r0
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r0
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
awstats
Fixed versions: 7.8-r1
Complete source record
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