Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

Path Traversal via Symlink (CWE-59) in Archive::Tar

CVE-2026-42496

Published:

May 25, 2026

Status:

Modified

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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CWE-284

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(8.1)

Improper Access Control (CWE-284) in Keycloak JWT Grants

Unauthorized Access and Privilege Misuse

July 15, 2026

CWE-287;CWE-290

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Header Login Bypass (CWE-287) in Wekan Kanban Auth

Full Account Takeover and Privilege Escalation

July 15, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal / Symlink Handling

CWE:

CWE-59;CWE-22

Impact:

Arbitrary File Read/Write via Symlink Traversal

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal / Symlink Handling

CWE:

CWE-59;CWE-22

Impact:

Arbitrary File Read/Write via Symlink Traversal

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Path Traversal via Symlink (CWE-59) in Archive::Tar

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(8.1)

Improper Access Control (CWE-284) in Keycloak JWT Grants

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Header Login Bypass (CWE-287) in Wekan Kanban Auth

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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Ship clean & secure code faster

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