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CVE-2020-36568

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36568 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting github.com/revel/revel versions prior to v1.0.0, stemming from unsanitized input in its query parser. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger resource exhaustion through excessive memory allocation, leading to denial of service. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its high CVSS score of 7.5 indicates a substantial potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:revel:revel:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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/revel/revelFixed in: 1.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-hggr-p7v6-73p5medium

revel is vulnerable to resource exhaustion

Dec 28, 2022

References

github.com / revel/revel/commit/d160ecb72207824005b19778594cbdc272e8a605
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / revel/revel/issues/1424
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / revel/revel/pull/1427
Third Party Advisory
pkg.go.dev / vuln/GO-2020-0003
Third Party Advisory