CVE-2026-79318

Published: Sep 21, 2026Modified: Sep 22, 2026Deferred

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 1.2 / Impact: 5.2

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

web2py 3.2.2-stable (commit a7330a2bf21219fa77860b6665de927dd4f98e6d) is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in read_file()/write_file() (applications/admin/controllers/webservices.py).

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (2)

https://github.com/lichoin/TraceLoom/blob/main/CVEs/CVE-2026-79318.md

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/web2py/web2py

Source: cve@mitre.org

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