CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-2110
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-08-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
Improper path handling in Obsidian desktop before 1.2.8 on Windows, Linux and macOS allows a crafted webpage to access local files and exfiltrate them to remote web servers via "app://local/<absolute-path>". This vulnerability can be exploited if a user opens a malicious markdown file in Obsidian, or copies text from a malicious webpage and paste it into Obsidian.
Affected configurations
• obsidian obsidian (< 1.2.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://obsidian.md/changelog/2023-05-03-desktop-v1.2.8/ Release Notes
- https://starlabs.sg/advisories/23/23-2110/ Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://obsidian.md/changelog/2023-05-03-desktop-v1.2.8/ Release Notes
- https://starlabs.sg/advisories/23/23-2110/ Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory