GHSA-cf92-gfcw-6v53
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cf92-gfcw-6v53
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-cf92-gfcw-6v53/GHSA-cf92-gfcw-6v53.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-cf92-gfcw-6v53
- Aliases
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- CVE-2026-42448
- Published
- 2026-05-06T20:40:17Z
- Modified
- 2026-05-06T20:49:04.504084Z
- Severity
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- 3.5 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Magic Wormhole: receive, with --output pointing at an existing directory can be path-traversed
- Details
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Impact
A receiver who specifies "--output <dir>" where that output directory currently exists (as a directory).
Patches
0.24.0 will contain the patch
Workarounds
Ensure local target directories specified by "--output" do not already exist
Resources
Private email and Signal communications from a user. Magic Wormhole thanks @marduc812
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-22" ], "nvd_published_at": null, "severity": "LOW", "github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-06T20:40:17Z", "github_reviewed": true }- References
Affected packages
PyPI / magic-wormhole
Package
- Name
- magic-wormhole
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- Purl
- pkg:pypi/magic-wormhole