Directory Traversal Affecting erlang package, versions <1:23.1+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.15% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-ERLANG-18353392
  • published28 Jul 2026
  • disclosed2 Oct 2020

Introduced: 2 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-25623  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest erlang to version 1:23.1+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream erlang package and not the erlang package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Erlang/OTP 22.3.x before 22.3.4.6 and 23.x before 23.1 allows Directory Traversal. An attacker can send a crafted HTTP request to read arbitrary files, if httpd in the inets application is used.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1