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CVE-2025-49466: aerc before 93bec0d allows directory traversal in commands/msgview/open.go because of direct path concatenation of the name of an attachment part,

5.8 CVSS

Description

aerc before 93bec0d allows directory traversal in commands/msgview/open.go because of direct path concatenation of the name of an attachment part,

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-49466

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal

Affected Products

Vendor: rjarry

Product: aerc

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.24% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 47.62% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-07-02 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49466
https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/commit/93bec0de8ed5ab3d6b1f01026fe2ef20fa154329
https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/commit/2bbe75fe0bc87ab4c1e16c5a18c6200224391629

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