CVE-2026-86542 PUBLISHED

knowns before 0.30.0 Path Traversal via Import Name

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 07.09.2026 Published: 07.09.2026 Updated: 07.09.2026

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 Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 8.8

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.1

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	knowns-dev
Product	knowns
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 0.30.0 (excl.) Version 0.30.0 is unaffected

Credits

Tong Hoang Gia reporter
Nguyen Huy Hoang reporter

References

Problem Types

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE