Arbitrary file write via attachment path traversal
Published Jun 5, 2025 · Updated Jun 5, 2025
Path traversal in aerc before 93bec0d allows remote attackers to write attachment content outside its temporary directory. commands/msgview/open.go directly joins an attachment part's untrusted filename to a temporary-directory path before creating and copying content into that file. A crafted name containing parent-directory components therefore writes or overwrites any file permitted to the aerc process.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in aerc before 93bec0d allows remote attackers to write attachment content outside its temporary directory. commands/msgview/open.go directly joins an attachment part's untrusted filename to a temporary-directory path before creating and copying content into that file. A crafted name containing parent-directory components therefore writes or overwrites any file permitted to the aerc process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-49466
- Published
- Jun 5, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Robin Jarry
- Product
- aerc
- Classifications
- CWE-23, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 5, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <93bec0de8ed5ab3d6b1f01026fe2ef20fa154329
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