CVE-2020-29050: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SphinxSearch in Sphinx Technologies Sphinx through 3.1.1 allows directory traversal (in conjunction with CVE-2019-14511) because the mysql client can be used for CALL SNIPPETS and load_file operations on a full pathname (e.g., a file in the /etc directory). NOTE: this is unrelated to CMUSphinx.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only
• Sphinxsearch Sphinx: up to and including 3.1.1

Published 2022-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.