Magic Wormhole makes it possible to get arbitrary-sized files and directories from one computer to another. Prior to 0.24.0, there is a path traversal when a receiver who specifies "--output <dir>" where that output directory currently exists (as a directory). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cf92-gfcw-6v53 Magic Wormhole: receive, with --output pointing at an existing directory can be path-traversed
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Tue, 26 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Vendors & Products Magic-wormhole
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Description Magic Wormhole makes it possible to get arbitrary-sized files and directories from one computer to another. Prior to 0.24.0, there is a path traversal when a receiver who specifies "--output <dir>" where that output directory currently exists (as a directory). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.
Title wormhole receive, with --output pointing at an existing directory can be path-traversed
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-26T17:57:20.946Z

Reserved: 2026-04-27T13:55:58.693Z

Link: CVE-2026-42448

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-26T18:16:48.320

Modified: 2026-05-26T20:26:12.327

Link: CVE-2026-42448

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-26T20:00:12Z

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