Improper path containment check in ikus060 rdiffweb 7.1.1 allows an authenticated user to cause the browse, restore, history and delete operations to resolve to a path outside the repository being operated on, via a percent-encoded traversal sequence (%2e%2e) in the request path, because the containment check uses a string prefix comparison (startswith) instead of a filesystem path boundary check. The target must be a sibling path whose name begins with the repository path, and the user already hold permissions on it; the issue can mislead a user into operating on, or deleting, data other than the repository displayed
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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to 7.2.0


Workaround

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History

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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Description Improper path containment check in ikus060 rdiffweb 7.1.1 allows an authenticated user to cause the browse, restore, history and delete operations to resolve to a path outside the repository being operated on, via a percent-encoded traversal sequence (%2e%2e) in the request path, because the containment check uses a string prefix comparison (startswith) instead of a filesystem path boundary check. The target must be a sibling path whose name begins with the repository path, and the user already hold permissions on it; the issue can mislead a user into operating on, or deleting, data other than the repository displayed
Title Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in rdiffweb
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:11:59.360Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T09:41:04.428Z

Link: CVE-2026-109118

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:11:31.747Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-16T11:17:00.793

Modified: 2026-10-16T14:17:21.523

Link: CVE-2026-109118

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:11:08Z

Weaknesses