Directory Traversal Vulnerability in SUSI.AI Server

published 2021-04-30 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25301

cvss: 8.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits: 0; none known

SUSI.AI is an intelligent Open Source personal assistant. SUSI.AI Server before version d27ed0f has a directory traversal vulnerability due to insufficient input validation. Any admin config and file readable by the app can be retrieved by the attacker. Furthermore, some files can also be moved or deleted.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

fossasia susi.ai 2020-05-13

github.com/fossasia/susi_server/security/advisories/GHSA-wcm4-2jp5-q2… advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

fossasia susi_server

Classification

Weakness

CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

github.com /fossasia/susi_server/security/advisories/GHSA-wcm4-2jp5-q269
patch, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4039
NVD CVE-2020-4039

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