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CVE-2020-14001

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.56% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-07-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects GitLab, GitHub. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
code execution

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CVE
CVE-2020-14001
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.56%
GitLab GitHub

Original NVD Description

The kramdown gem before 2.3.0 for Ruby processes the template option inside Kramdown documents by default, which allows unintended read access (such as template="/etc/passwd") or unintended embedded Ruby code execution (such as a string that begins with template="string://<%= `). NOTE: kramdown is used in Jekyll, GitLab Pages, GitHub Pages, and Thredded Forum.

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