CVE-2026-118693 (GCVE-0-2026-118693)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-28 21:11
Modified
2026-10-28 21:11
Severity ?
5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-36 - Absolute Path Traversal
Summary
CherryTree through 1.7.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in CtStorageXmlHelper::_create_image_from_xml that trusts unvalidated embedded-file 'filename' attributes in XML documents. Attackers can craft a .ctd, .ctz, or .ctx document with an absolute or ~/ filename and no data, so saving embeds files like ~/.ssh/id_rsa into the document.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| giuspen | cherrytree |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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