CVE-2026-112005 (GCVE-0-2026-112005)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-18 11:38
Modified
2026-10-28 17:25
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
WhoDB 0.104.0 before 0.135.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary host files by running DuckDB filesystem functions through the query editor. Attackers can log in to a DuckDB file without credentials and use read_text, read_blob, COPY ... TO or ATTACH to steal session.key and stored database credentials or overwrite files.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
clidey whodb Version: 0.104.0   ≤
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