High
Security advisory
Due to improper sanitization of user input, HTTPEngine.Handle allows for directory traversal, allowing an attacker to read files outside of the target directory that the server has permission to read.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-36559
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Due to improper sanitization of user input, HTTPEngine.Handle allows for directory traversal, allowing an attacker to read files outside of the target directory that the server has permission to read.
osv:CVE-2020-36559
Complete source record
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