CVE-2026-21620

unknown
Published 2026-02-20 ยท Modified 2026-05-27
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
2.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
VIR risk
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Description

Relative Path Traversal, Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in erlang otp erlang/otp (tftp_file modules), erlang otp inets (tftp_file modules), erlang otp tftp (tftp_file modules) allows Relative Path Traversal. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/tftp/src/tftp_file.erl, src/tftp_file.erl. This issue affects otp: from 17.0, from 07b8f441ca711f9812fad9e9115bab3c3aa92f79; otp: from 5.10 before 7.0; otp: from 1.0.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u4
debian debianbullseyefixed1:23.2.6+dfsg-1+deb11u4
debian debianforkyfixed1:27.3.4.8+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed1:27.3.4.8+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u2
suse slesaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-23

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.