CVE-2026-21440 (GCVE-0-2026-21440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-02 19:02 – Updated: 2026-01-05 20:37
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Title
AdonisJS Path Traversal in Multipart File Handling
Summary
AdonisJS is a TypeScript-first web framework. A Path Traversal vulnerability in AdonisJS multipart file handling may allow a remote attacker to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations on the server filesystem. This impacts @adonisjs/bodyparser through version 10.1.1 and 11.x prerelease versions prior to 11.0.0-next.6. This issue has been patched in @adonisjs/bodyparser versions 10.1.2 and 11.0.0-next.6.
Severity ?
9.2 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adonisjs core Affected: < 10.1.2
Affected: >= 11.0.0-next.0, < 11.0.0-next.6
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