Vulnerability in snyk-broker (CVE-2020-7653)
Summary
Vulnerability in snyk-broker (CVE-2020-7653). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.80.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
All versions of snyk-broker before 4.80.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read. It allows arbitrary file reads for users with access to Snyk's internal network by creating symlinks to match whitelisted paths.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-7653 has been found in snyk-broker.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: upgrade snyk-broker to 4.80.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "snyk-broker CVE-2020-7653" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2020-7653 (snyk-broker) — CWE-59
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 4.80.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-59) exists in snyk-broker.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of snyk-broker.
Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 4.80.0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'snyk-broker' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'snyk-broker' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
snyk-brokerを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade snyk-broker to 4.80.0ステージング環境で 4.80.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- web snyk.io
- web updates.snyk.io