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CVE-2020-26279

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-26279 describes a path traversal vulnerability in go-ipfs, an open-source Golang implementation of IPFS, affecting versions prior to 0.8.0-rc1. This flaw allows an attacker to overwrite or write files to incorrect directories when retrieving specially crafted Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) containing relative paths. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to high integrity and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:protocol:go-ipfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.7HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/ipfs/go-ipfsFixed in: 0.8.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-27pv-q55r-222ghigh

Path traversal in github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs

Jun 23, 2021

References

github.com / ipfs/go-ipfs/commit/b7ddba7fe47dee5b1760b8ffe897908417e577b2
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ipfs/go-ipfs/security/advisories/GHSA-27pv-q55r-222g
Third Party Advisory
github.com / whyrusleeping/tar-utils/commit/20a61371de5b51380bbdb0c7935b30b0625ac227
PatchThird Party Advisory