CVE-2020-8214 — servey
HIGHCVE-2020-8214 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in servey. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for servey — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Path traversal in servey
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2020-8214 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,386 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
serveynpmDescription
A path traversal vulnerability in servey versions prior to 3.3.2 allows an attacker to read content of any arbitrary file.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | servey | all versions | 3.3.2npm install servey@3.3.2 |
Affected Products
serveyservey_projectResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for servey, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update servey to 3.3.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-8214 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-8214 in your dependencies?
Find it across npm, including transitive dependencies.