GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-74m3-9qvm-rp9h zrok: WebDAV drive backend follows symlinks outside DriveRoot, enabling host filesystem read/write

HIGH Published 2026-04-25 Modified 2026-05-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-42275
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/openziti/zrok, github.com/openziti/zrok/v2
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22, CWE-61
Reviewed
2026-04-25

Affected packages

• Go github.com/openziti/zrok: <= 1.1.11 (no fix yet) • Go github.com/openziti/zrok/v2: < 2.0.2 → fixed in 2.0.2

Description

Summary The zrok WebDAV drive backend (davServer.Dir) restricts path traversal through lexical normalization but does not prevent symlink following. When a symbolic link inside the shared DriveRoot points to a location outside that root, remote WebDAV consumers can read files and—on shares without OS-level permission restrictions—write or overwrite files anywhere on the host filesystem accessible to the zrok process. • Attack Vector: Network — exploitation is performed entirely over the WebDAV endpoint; the attacker issues HTTP requests to the public zrok share URL. • Attack Complexity: High — a precondition outside the attacker's direct control must hold: a symlink pointing outside DriveRoot must already exist within it (created locally, not via WebDAV). • Privileges Required: None — zrok share public --backend-mode drive exposes the WebDAV endpoint with no authentication by default. • User Interaction: None — once the symlink precondition is met, exploitation requires no user interaction. • Scope: Changed — the vulnerability allows an attacker to escape the WebDAV root (the security boundary) and access the broader host filesystem. • Confidentiality Impact: High — arbitrary files readable by the zrok process can be retrieved. • Integrity Impact: High — the WebDAV PUT handler opens files with O_RDWR|O_CREATE|O_TRUNC, meaning symlink targets outside DriveRoot can be overwritten (e.g. ~/.ssh/authorized_keys). • Availability Impact: None — no direct availability impact. Affected Components • drives/davServer/file.go — Dir.OpenFile (line 140), Dir.Stat (line 176), Dir.Mkdir (line 133), Dir.RemoveAll (line 151) • endpoints/drive/backend.go — NewBackend (line 51–52)

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-42275 zrok is software for sharing web services, files, and network resources. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following weakness

References