MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 5.9Vulnerability

CVE-2026-121546

ruTorrent before 5.3.20 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the datadir plugin that allows authenticated users to escape the topDirectory jail because correctDirectory() does not resolve symbolic links. Attackers can submit a datadir path through a symlink under their top directory to create directories and move torrent data to locations writable by the web server or rtorrent.

Properties

Severity
MEDIUM
Nvd fetched at
2026-11-03T17:20:13.885968+00:00
Cvss severity
MEDIUM
Cvss score
5.9
Retrieved at
2026-11-03T17:21:18+00:00
Score
5.9
Cvss version
3.1
Last source
NVD
Cve id
CVE-2026-121546
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
First seen by Signal
2026-11-03T17:21:18+00:00
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Published at
2026-11-03T16:17:26.207
Last modified
2026-11-03T16:30:49.290

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