CVE-2020-36568

Resource exhaustion in github.com/revel/revel

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Published Dec 27, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

Unsanitized input in the query parser in github.com/revel/revel before v1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause resource exhaustion via memory allocation.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

github.com/revel/revel

github.com/revel/revel

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.0.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:revel:revel:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7647	Unsanitized input in the query parser in github.com/revel/revel before v1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause resource exhaustion via memory allocation.
Github GHSA	GHSA-hggr-p7v6-73p5	revel is vulnerable to resource exhaustion

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.6% (1.562% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/revel/revel/commit/d160ecb72207824005b19778594cbdc272e8a605
https://github.com/revel/revel/issues/1424
https://github.com/revel/revel/pull/1427
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0003

History

Apr 11, 2025 11:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Revel Revel

Weaknesses

CWE-770

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 11, 2025, 11:04 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Go
Published: Dec 27, 2022, 9:12 PM
Updated: Apr 11, 2025, 11:04 PM
Reserved: Jul 29, 2022, 7:14 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 5:30 PM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 5:30 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:15 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 27, 2022, 10:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:15 AM

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