CWE-23
AllowedRelative Path Traversal
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
778 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-7XP6-CGJ4-VVC8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-24 00:30 – Updated: 2025-10-24 00:30A relative path traversal vulnerability was discovered in Productivity Suite software version
4.4.1.19.
The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to interact with the ProductivityService PLC simulator and read arbitrary files on the target machine.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-58456"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-23"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-23T22:15:41Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A relative path traversal vulnerability was discovered in Productivity Suite software version \n\n4.4.1.19.\n\n The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to interact with the ProductivityService PLC simulator and read arbitrary files on the target machine.",
"id": "GHSA-7xp6-cgj4-vvc8",
"modified": "2025-10-24T00:30:52Z",
"published": "2025-10-24T00:30:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58456"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2025/icsa-25-296-01.json"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.automationdirect.com/docs/securityconsiderations.pdf"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.automationdirect.com/support/software-downloads"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-296-01"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-83QV-39GP-8F27
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-07-29 00:00 – Updated: 2022-08-05 00:00An attacker may use TWinSoft and a malicious source project file (TPG) to extract files on machine executing Ovarro TWinSoft, which could lead to code execution.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-22650"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-22",
"CWE-23"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-07-28T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "An attacker may use TWinSoft and a malicious source project file (TPG) to extract files on machine executing Ovarro TWinSoft, which could lead to code execution.",
"id": "GHSA-83qv-39gp-8f27",
"modified": "2022-08-05T00:00:30Z",
"published": "2022-07-29T00:00:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22650"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-054-04"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8489-G9W2-CCX7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-14 18:32 – Updated: 2026-07-14 18:32Relative path traversal in DNS Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over an adjacent network.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-50426"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-23"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-14T18:17:46Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Relative path traversal in DNS Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over an adjacent network.",
"id": "GHSA-8489-g9w2-ccx7",
"modified": "2026-07-14T18:32:22Z",
"published": "2026-07-14T18:32:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50426"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50426"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-84XV-JFRM-H4GM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-14 00:35 – Updated: 2026-02-27 20:59A vulnerability was found in the decompression function of registry-support. This issue can be triggered by an unauthenticated remote attacker when tricking a user into opening a specially modified .tar archive, leading to the cleanup process following relative paths to overwrite or delete files outside the intended scope.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/devfile/registry-support/registry-library"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.0.0-20240206"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-1485"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-22",
"CWE-23",
"CWE-73"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-21T23:18:42Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-14T00:15:46Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability was found in the decompression function of registry-support. This issue can be triggered by an unauthenticated remote attacker when tricking a user into opening a specially modified .tar archive, leading to the cleanup process following relative paths to overwrite or delete files outside the intended scope.",
"id": "GHSA-84xv-jfrm-h4gm",
"modified": "2026-02-27T20:59:07Z",
"published": "2024-02-14T00:35:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1485"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/devfile/registry-support/pull/197"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/devfile/registry-support/commit/0e44b9ca6d03fac4fc3f77d37656d56dc5defe0d"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1485"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264106"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-84xv-jfrm-h4gm"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/devfile/registry-support"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "registry-support: decompress can delete files outside scope via relative paths"
}
GHSA-89Q4-GFXM-XG78
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-11 15:31 – Updated: 2024-06-11 15:31If exploited an attacker could traverse the file system to access files or directories that would otherwise be inaccessible
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-2461"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-23"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-11T13:15:49Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "If exploited an attacker could traverse the file system to access \nfiles or directories that would otherwise be inaccessible",
"id": "GHSA-89q4-gfxm-xg78",
"modified": "2024-06-11T15:31:13Z",
"published": "2024-06-11T15:31:13Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2461"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentId=8DBD000202\u0026languageCode=en\u0026Preview=true"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-8CPR-48RW-5RRC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-26 18:30 – Updated: 2025-12-26 18:30Yealink T21P_E2 Phone 52.84.0.15 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal. A remote normal privileged attacker can read arbitrary files via a crafted request result read function of the diagnostic component.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-66737"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-23"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-26T17:15:44Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Yealink T21P_E2 Phone 52.84.0.15 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal. A remote normal privileged attacker can read arbitrary files via a crafted request result read function of the diagnostic component.",
"id": "GHSA-8cpr-48rw-5rrc",
"modified": "2025-12-26T18:30:27Z",
"published": "2025-12-26T18:30:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66737"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MpxnCL4koKupqWWDmY3ljlybjIPD8ieD/view?usp=sharing"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://yealink.com"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8CQX-PW8X-GX2V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-23 18:30 – Updated: 2023-03-30 21:30A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a directory traversal and access resources that are outside the filesystem mountpoint of the web UI. This vulnerability is due to an insufficient security configuration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain read access to files that are outside the filesystem mountpoint of the web UI. Note: These files are located on a restricted filesystem that is maintained for the web UI. There is no ability to write to any files on this filesystem.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-20066"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-22",
"CWE-23"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-03-23T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a directory traversal and access resources that are outside the filesystem mountpoint of the web UI. This vulnerability is due to an insufficient security configuration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain read access to files that are outside the filesystem mountpoint of the web UI. Note: These files are located on a restricted filesystem that is maintained for the web UI. There is no ability to write to any files on this filesystem.",
"id": "GHSA-8cqx-pw8x-gx2v",
"modified": "2023-03-30T21:30:25Z",
"published": "2023-03-23T18:30:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20066"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webui-pthtrv-es7GSb9V"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8H78-R452-WVWV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-04 21:31 – Updated: 2025-12-04 21:31There is a relative path traversal vulnerability in the NI System Web Server that may result in information disclosure. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to send a specially crafted request to the NI System Web Server, allowing the attacker to read arbitrary files. This vulnerability existed in the NI System Web Server 2012 and prior versions. It was fixed in 2013.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-12097"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-23"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-04T20:16:16Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "There is a relative path traversal vulnerability in the NI System Web Server that may result in information disclosure. \u00a0Successful exploitation requires an attacker to send a specially crafted request to the NI System Web Server, allowing the attacker to read arbitrary files. \u00a0This vulnerability existed in the NI System Web Server 2012 and prior versions. \u00a0It was fixed in 2013.",
"id": "GHSA-8h78-r452-wvwv",
"modified": "2025-12-04T21:31:04Z",
"published": "2025-12-04T21:31:04Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12097"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/relative-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-ni-system-web-server.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-8J49-66VH-8W64
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-17 09:30 – Updated: 2025-09-17 09:30In JetBrains TeamCity before 2025.07.2 path traversal was possible during project archive upload
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-59456"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-23"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-17T09:15:31Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In JetBrains TeamCity before 2025.07.2 path traversal was possible during project archive upload",
"id": "GHSA-8j49-66vh-8w64",
"modified": "2025-09-17T09:30:45Z",
"published": "2025-09-17T09:30:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59456"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8JH5-3W8C-RV2J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-29 12:31 – Updated: 2026-06-01 21:30Nozomi Networks Labs identified a CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in the Console WebUI in Waterfall WF-500 TX and RX Hosts in version 7.9.1.0 R2502171040 that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files from the device.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-41271"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-23"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-29T12:16:23Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Nozomi Networks Labs identified a CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in the Console WebUI in Waterfall WF-500 TX and RX Hosts in version 7.9.1.0 R2502171040 that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files from the device.",
"id": "GHSA-8jh5-3w8c-rv2j",
"modified": "2026-06-01T21:30:41Z",
"published": "2026-05-29T12:31:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41271"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2025-41271"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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}
Mitigation MIT-5.1
Strategy: Input Validation
- Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
- When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
- Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
- When validating filenames, use stringent allowlists that limit the character set to be used. If feasible, only allow a single "." character in the filename to avoid weaknesses such as CWE-23, and exclude directory separators such as "/" to avoid CWE-36. Use a list of allowable file extensions, which will help to avoid CWE-434.
- Do not rely exclusively on a filtering mechanism that removes potentially dangerous characters. This is equivalent to a denylist, which may be incomplete (CWE-184). For example, filtering "/" is insufficient protection if the filesystem also supports the use of "\" as a directory separator. Another possible error could occur when the filtering is applied in a way that still produces dangerous data (CWE-182). For example, if "../" sequences are removed from the ".../...//" string in a sequential fashion, two instances of "../" would be removed from the original string, but the remaining characters would still form the "../" string.
Mitigation MIT-20.1
Strategy: Input Validation
- Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174). Such errors could be used to bypass allowlist validation schemes by introducing dangerous inputs after they have been checked.
- Use a built-in path canonicalization function (such as realpath() in C) that produces the canonical version of the pathname, which effectively removes ".." sequences and symbolic links (CWE-23, CWE-59). This includes:
- realpath() in C
- getCanonicalPath() in Java
- GetFullPath() in ASP.NET
- realpath() or abs_path() in Perl
- realpath() in PHP
Mitigation MIT-29
Strategy: Firewall
Use an application firewall that can detect attacks against this weakness. It can be beneficial in cases in which the code cannot be fixed (because it is controlled by a third party), as an emergency prevention measure while more comprehensive software assurance measures are applied, or to provide defense in depth [REF-1481].
CAPEC-139: Relative Path Traversal
An attacker exploits a weakness in input validation on the target by supplying a specially constructed path utilizing dot and slash characters for the purpose of obtaining access to arbitrary files or resources. An attacker modifies a known path on the target in order to reach material that is not available through intended channels. These attacks normally involve adding additional path separators (/ or \) and/or dots (.), or encodings thereof, in various combinations in order to reach parent directories or entirely separate trees of the target's directory structure.
CAPEC-76: Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls
An attacker manipulates inputs to the target software which the target software passes to file system calls in the OS. The goal is to gain access to, and perhaps modify, areas of the file system that the target software did not intend to be accessible.