CVE-2026-86542: high-severity vulnerability in knowns-dev knowns
knowns before 0.30.0 Path Traversal via Import Name
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 0.7%
knowns before 0.30.0 fails to validate import names in the import routes, allowing unauthenticated attackers to write files outside the imports directory. Attackers can supply traversal sequences in the name parameter to escape the imports directory and overwrite arbitrary files writable by the server process.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
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References
https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/blob/v0.29.1/internal/server/routes/imports.go#L376-L420https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/blob/v0.29.1/internal/server/routes/imports.go#L519-L551https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/commit/d3989829fb5095666d23d005b2f78a082832a396https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/releases/tag/v0.30.0https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/security/advisories/GHSA-wh3c-v55g-qfg8https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/knowns-before-0.30.0-path-traversal-via-import-name