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Path traversal vulnerabilities allow attackers to access or write files outside intended directories by manipulating file paths. On WindowsForum.com, discussions cover path traversal flaws in diverse software, including Rockwell Automation ThinManager (CVE-2026-11917), Adobe ColdFusion (CVE-2026-48282), Microsoft Edge for Android (CVE-2026-58300), VS Code Copilot Chat (CVE-2026-45482), ABB CoreSense (CVE-2025-3465), Siemens ROS# (CVE-2026-41551), VS Code Live Preview (CVE-2026-41612), and The Sleuth Kit (CVE-2026-40024). These threads highlight patching priorities, exploitation risks, and the importance of segmentation and trust boundaries. While some flaws affect Windows or Microsoft products, others impact industrial or developer tools that often run on Windows systems.
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    CVE-2026-11917: ThinManager Fixes Path Traversal

    Rockwell Automation has issued fixes for a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in ThinManager, the centralized thin-client management platform widely used to deliver industrial visualization and application access across plant-floor devices. Tracked as CVE-2026-11917, the flaw could allow...
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    CVE-2026-48282 ColdFusion KEV: Patch Now and Hunt for Active Exploitation

    CISA added CVE-2026-48282, a critical Adobe ColdFusion path traversal vulnerability, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on July 7, 2026, after determining that attackers are actively exploiting the flaw in the wild. The move turns what might have looked like another high-severity...
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    CVE-2026-58300 Edge for Android Path Traversal: Patch to 150.0.4078.48

    Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-58300 on July 3, 2026, as an Important-rated information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Edge for Android, fixed in Edge version 150.0.4078.48 and attributed by MSRC to absolute path traversal that could let an unauthenticated local attacker expose sensitive...
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    CVE-2026-45482: Path Traversal Auth Bypass in VS Code Copilot Chat

    Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-45482 on June 9, 2026, as an Important-rated security feature bypass in the Microsoft Visual Studio Code Copilot Chat extension, caused by a path traversal weakness that can let a local unauthorized attacker bypass an authentication-related security feature. The...
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    CVE-2025-3465 Path Traversal in ABB CoreSense: Patch Localhost Risk

    CISA on May 19, 2026, republished ABB’s advisory for CVE-2025-3465, a high-severity path traversal flaw in CoreSense HM and CoreSense M10 that affects worldwide deployments in food and agriculture, commercial facilities, and critical manufacturing when vulnerable local web interfaces are...
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    Siemens ROS# file_server Path Traversal (CVE-2026-41551): Patch & Harden

    On May 14, 2026, CISA republished Siemens ProductCERT advisory SSA-357982 warning that Siemens ROS# versions before 2.2.2 contain a critical path traversal flaw in the file_server ROS service that can let a remote, unauthenticated attacker read and write arbitrary files with the service user’s...
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    CVE-2026-41612: VS Code Live Preview Path Traversal Info Leak (Fixed in 0.4.19)

    Microsoft published CVE-2026-41612 on May 12, 2026, describing an Important-severity information disclosure flaw in the Visual Studio Code Live Preview extension that stems from relative path traversal and is fixed in version 0.4.19. The bug is not a dramatic remote-code-execution headline, and...
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    CVE-2026-40024 Path Traversal in Sleuth Kit tsk_recover: Mitigation & Impact

    CVE-2026-40024 is a path traversal vulnerability in The Sleuth Kit’s tsk_recover tool that can let an attacker write files outside the intended recovery directory by abusing crafted filenames or directory paths inside a filesystem image. Public vulnerability databases describe the issue as...
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    Vim zip.vim Path Traversal CVE-2026-35177: Conditional Exploit Risks

    Vim’s zip.vim plugin is back in the spotlight because Microsoft’s security guidance for CVE-2026-35177 describes a path traversal flaw that can be abused only when an attacker can shape conditions around the victim’s workflow, rather than triggering the bug outright at will. That distinction...
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    CVE-2026-3479: pkgutil.get_data Path Traversal Fix in CPython

    A newly disclosed Python security issue, tracked as CVE-2026-3479, shows that pkgutil.get_data() did not enforce the path-safety rules its documentation promised. In practice, that meant callers could pass resource names that enabled path traversal instead of being constrained to a...
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    CVE-2026-23942: Potential SFTP Root Escape in Erlang ssh_sftpd

    A new SFTP vulnerability reported under the identifier CVE-2026-23942 claims a root escape in the Erlang/OTP SFTP server implementation (ssh_sftpd) that stems from a component‑agnostic prefix check in path handling — but as of March 17, 2026, there is no publicly accessible, authoritative...
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    CVE-2026-1703: Pip Wheel Extraction Path Traversal Bug and Patch

    A subtle bug in pip’s wheel extraction logic has produced CVE‑2026‑1703 — a limited path‑traversal flaw that can allow specially crafted wheel (zip) archives to place files outside the intended installation directory during a normal pip install. The defect is narrowly scoped — the traversal is...
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    CVE-2026-31802 Drive Relative Path Traversal in node-tar Fixed 7.5.11

    A newly disclosed vulnerability in the ubiquitous Node.js tar library can be coaxed into creating symlinks that point outside the intended extraction directory by using a drive-relative link target (for example, C:../../../target.txt), enabling an attacker-supplied archive to overwrite files...
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    Vitess Path Traversal in Backup Restore Fixed in v22.0.4 and v23.0.3 (CVE-2026-27969)

    Vitess maintainers have confirmed a serious path traversal vulnerability in the project’s backup restore path that allows anyone with write access to backup storage to cause a restore operation to write files to arbitrary locations on the host where Vitess runs — a risk that can lead to data...
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    Erlang TFTP CVE-2026-21620 Path Traversal: Patch and Harden Now

    A subtle but dangerous weakness has been disclosed in the TFTP implementation shipped with Erlang/OTP: CVE-2026-21620 is a relative path traversal flaw in the tftp_file module that can allow remote clients to read from or write to files outside the intended document root. The issue arises from...
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    CVE-2025-15577 Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Valmet DNA Web Tools

    Valmet DNA Engineering Web Tools are vulnerable to an unauthenticated path-traversal flaw (CVE-2025-15577) that allows attackers to manipulate a web maintenance service URL and read arbitrary files from affected systems — a risk that is particularly acute for organizations that run Valmet DNA in...
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    CVE-2023-49569 Path Traversal in go-git: Patch and Mitigation Guide

    The discovery of CVE-2023-49569 exposed a strikingly dangerous gap in a widely used pure-Go Git library: maliciously crafted Git server replies can trigger a path traversal flaw in go-git clients that, in the worst case, enables full remote code execution (RCE) on hosts that consume untrusted...
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    CVE-2025-53906: Vim zip.vim Path Traversal and Azure Linux Attestation

    The Vim editor contains a path‑traversal flaw in its zip.vim plugin (CVE‑2025‑53906) that can let a specially crafted ZIP archive cause Vim to write files outside the intended directory — and while Microsoft has publicly attested that Azure Linux includes the vulnerable component, that...
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    CVE-2024-29180 Path Traversal in webpack dev middleware and Azure Linux Attestation

    The path‑traversal vulnerability tracked as CVE‑2024‑29180 in the open‑source package webpack‑dev‑middleware is a developer‑focused high‑severity flaw that can allow attackers to read arbitrary files from a developer’s machine when a vulnerable development server is reachable; Microsoft’s terse...
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    CVE-2026-21227: Azure Logic Apps Path Traversal and Defense Guide

    CVE-2026-21227 — Azure Logic Apps path traversal (Elevation of Privilege): what you need to know, how it works, and how to defend (feature analysis) Summary (TL;DR) Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2026-21227: an Azure Logic Apps vulnerability described as an improper limitation of a...