CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-118693
5.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-10-28
- Last modified
- 2026-10-29
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-36
Description
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.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal weakness
References
- https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree github.com
- https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree/blob/v1.7.2/src/ct/ct_image.cc#L757-L767 github.com
- https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree/blob/v1.7.2/src/ct/ct_storage_xml.cc#L648-L692 github.com
- https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree/issues/2944 github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cherrytree-through-1.7.2-local-file-disclosure-via-embedded-file-filename-path www.vulncheck.com