CVE-2020-7758

Path Traversal

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 2, 2020 at 06:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsChromeChrome

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

This affects versions of package browserless-chrome before 1.40.2-chrome-stable. User input flowing from the workspace endpoint gets used to create a file path filePath and this is fetched and then sent back to a user. This can be escaped to fetch arbitrary files from a server.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.40.2
Affected range stops below 1.40.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.40.2-chrome-stable
Affected range stops below 1.40.2-chrome-stable, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

7.5HIGHsnyk
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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