CVE-2017-1000420: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

May 14, 2022 (updated July 26, 2023)

Syncthing version 0.14.33 and older is vulnerable to symlink traversal resulting in arbitrary file overwrite

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-28xp-g7f6-7mhf
github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/4286
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000420

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