CVE-2017-1000420: Syncthing vulnerable to symlink traversal and arbitrary file overwrite

CVE-2017-1000420 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2022-05-14

Syncthing vulnerable to symlink traversal and arbitrary file overwrite

Technologies: github.com/syncthing/syncthing (Go). Vendors: Go.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2017-1000420 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2017-1000420 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000420?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 14 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
github.com/syncthing/syncthing (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=0.14.33.
Is there a fix for CVE-2017-1000420?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
Am I affected by CVE-2017-1000420?
Check whether you run github.com/syncthing/syncthing (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Affected products

  • github.com/syncthing/syncthing (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=0.14.33

Identifiers

  • CVE-2017-1000420
  • GHSA-28xp-g7f6-7mhf

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