Upstream information
Description
Ferret is a declarative system for working with web data. Prior to 2.0.0-alpha.4, a path traversal vulnerability in Ferret's IO::FS::WRITE standard library function allows a malicious website to write arbitrary files to the filesystem of the machine running Ferret. When an operator scrapes a website that returns filenames containing ../ sequences, and uses those filenames to construct output paths (a standard scraping pattern), the attacker controls both the destination path and the file content. This can lead to remote code execution via cron jobs, SSH authorized_keys, shell profiles, or web shells. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-alpha.4.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (GitHub) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 8.1 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SU-2026:23216-1, published 2026-08-10T17:34:15Z
- SUSE-SU-2026:23227-1, published 2026-08-10T17:34:34Z
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 GA govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64) |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 GA govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64) |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Mon Aug 10 21:34:17 2026CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 28 14:02:06 2026