# CVE-2020-36568: Resource exhaustion in github.com/revel/revel

- Also known as: GHSA-HGGR-P7V6-73P5, GO-2020-0003
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.0
- Published: 2022-12-27 · Updated: 2025-04-11

## Affected

- github.com/revel/revel: fixed in 1.0.0
- github.com/revel/revel (Go): fixed in 1.0.0

## Description

Unsanitized input in the query parser in github.com/revel/revel before v1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause resource exhaustion via memory allocation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github.com/revel/revel, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/revel/revel/pull/1427
- https://github.com/revel/revel/commit/d160ecb72207824005b19778594cbdc272e8a605
- https://github.com/revel/revel/issues/1424
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0003

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