# CVE-2020-10610: Path traversal in OSIsoft PI System multiple products and versions

> A local attacker can exploit untrusted search path vulnerabilities in OSIsoft PI System to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jul 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-56xh-4jcx-q8w7

## What is CVE-2020-10610?

CVE-2020-10610 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in OSIsoft PI System multiple products and versions, published on 24 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In OSIsoft PI System multiple products and versions, a local attacker can modify a search path and plant a binary to exploit the affected PI System software to take control of the local computer at Windows system privilege level, resulting in unauthorized information disclosure, deletion, or modification.

Weakness: CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path), CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10610?

It affects 9 products.


Products: Osisoft Pi Api, Osisoft Pi Buffer Subsystem, Osisoft Pi Connector, Osisoft Pi Connector Relay, Osisoft Pi Data Archive, Osisoft Pi Data Collection Manager, Osisoft Pi Integrator, Osisoft Pi Interface Configuration Utility, Osisoft Pi to Ocs.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-10610?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10610 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-10610 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10610 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OSIsoft PI System multiple products and versions

- [CVE-2020-10606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10606/): Missing authorization in OSIsoft PI System multiple products and versions (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-10608](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10608/): Security feature bypass in OSIsoft PI System multiple products and versions (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-10610 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-10610 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in OSIsoft PI System multiple products and versions, published on 24 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10610 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OSIsoft PI System multiple products and versions. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10610/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10610/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10610
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10610
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10610

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10610/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.