CVE-2026-92812 PUBLISHED

decap-server contains a path traversal vulnerability in the local proxy containment guard that uses plain string prefix comparison without path separator validation. Attackers can access sibling directories whose names begin with the repository directory name to read, write, or delete files outside the intended repository root.

• George Chen finder

• Researcher write-up
• startsWith is used with no trailing separator
• https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms
• VulnCheck Advisory: decap-server Path Traversal via Sibling Directory Prefix Matching

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