TI-2020-18796 Aliases CVE-2020-36568 GHSA-hggr-p7v6-73p5

Resource exhaustion in github.com/revel/revel

MEDIUM 42CWE-770Published 2022-12-27 · Updated 2025-04-11

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01562 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed github.com/revel/revel (github.com/revel/revel): 1.0.0github.com/revel/revel (Go): 1.0.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
github.com/revel/revel	github.com/revel/revel	before 1.0.0	1.0.0	Patch available	CNA
—	github.com/revel/revel (Go)	before 1.0.0	1.0.0	Patch available	GHSA-hggr-p7v6-73p5

github.com/revel/revel Vendorgithub.com/revel/revel Affected before 1.0.0 Fixed in 1.0.0 Patch available CNA
github.com/revel/revel (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.0.0 Fixed in 1.0.0 Patch available GHSA-hggr-p7v6-73p5

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:revel:revel::::::go::*	before 1.0.0	Vulnerable	Revel

cpe:2.3:a:revel:revel:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* Versions before 1.0.0 Vulnerable ·Revel

Remediation

Fix · CNA github.com/revel/revel (github.com/revel/revel) Fixed in 1.0.0
Fix · GHSA-hggr-p7v6-73p5 github.com/revel/revel (Go) Fixed in 1.0.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36568
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hggr-p7v6-73p5

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/revel/revel/issues/1424

Patch 1

https://github.com/revel/revel/commit/d160ecb72207824005b19778594cbdc272e8a605

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://github.com/revel/revel

Sources

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