{"cve":"CVE-2020-29540","nvd":{"published":"2020-12-08T13:15:13.683","modified":"2026-06-17T03:11:24.577","status":"Modified","description":"API calls in the Translation API feature in Systran Pure Neural Server before 9.7.0 allow a threat actor to use the Systran Pure Neural Server as a Denial-of-Service proxy by sending a large amount of translation requests to a destination host on any given TCP port regardless of whether a web service is running on the destination port.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://grave-rose.medium.com/two-systran-vulnerabilities-and-their-exploits-8bc83ba29e14","https://www.systransoft.com/translation-products/systran-pure-neural-server/","https://grave-rose.medium.com/two-systran-vulnerabilities-and-their-exploits-8bc83ba29e14","https://www.systransoft.com/translation-products/systran-pure-neural-server/"],"products":["systransoft:pure_neural_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:11:20.317016139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-29540","score":0.01191,"percentile":0.67982,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}