USN-8394-1

It was discovered that YARD incorrectly sanitized paths in its built-in documentation server. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files from the server host.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

yard

Package

Name: yard
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/yard?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.8.7.6+git20160220-3ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

0.*

0.8.7.6-1

0.8.7.6+git20160220-3

0.8.7.6+git20160220-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.8.7.6+git20160220-3ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "yard"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8394-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V4",
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2026-41493"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

yard

Package

Name: yard
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/yard?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fbionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.9.12-2ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.9-1

0.9.12-1

0.9.12-1ubuntu3

0.9.12-2

0.9.12-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.12-2ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "yard"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8394-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V4",
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2026-41493"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

yard

Package

Name: yard
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/yard?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Ffocal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.9.24-1+deb11u1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.16-1

0.9.20-1

0.9.24-1

0.9.24-1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.24-1+deb11u1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "yard"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8394-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V4",
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2026-41493"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS

yard

Package

Name: yard
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/yard?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fjammy

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.9.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.24-1

0.9.26-1

0.9.26-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "yard"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8394-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V4",
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2026-41493"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS

yard

Package

Name: yard
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/yard?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.9.36-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.28-2

0.9.34-1

0.9.35-1

0.9.36-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.36-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "yard"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8394-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V4",
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2026-41493"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS

yard

Package

Name: yard
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/yard?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fresolute

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.9.38-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.37-1

0.9.37-1build1

0.9.38-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.38-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "yard"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8394-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V4",
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2026-41493"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS"
}