VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-1000420
Syncthing version 0.14.33 and older is vulnerable to symlink traversal resulting in arbitrary file overwrite
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Syncthing version 0.14.33 and older is vulnerable to symlink traversal resulting in arbitrary file overwrite
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.51% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- syncthing/syncthing
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/4286Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/4286Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.