CVE-2026-21620 (GCVE-0-2026-21620)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-02-20 10:57
Modified
2026-05-27 15:40
Severity ?
2.3 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
Summary
Relative Path Traversal, Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in erlang otp erlang/otp (tftp_file modules), erlang otp inets (tftp_file modules), erlang otp tftp (tftp_file modules) allows Relative Path Traversal. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/tftp/src/tftp_file.erl, src/tftp_file.erl. This issue affects otp: from 17.0, from 07b8f441ca711f9812fad9e9115bab3c3aa92f79; otp: from 5.10 before 7.0; otp: from 1.0.
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Erlang OTP Version: 17.0
Version: 07b8f441ca711f9812fad9e9115bab3c3aa92f79
    cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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