CVE-2026-41693

high

Published 2026-05-08 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.2

Description

i18next-fs-backend: Path traversal via unsanitised lng/ns allows arbitrary file read/overwrite

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

88%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	i18next-fs-backend	`<2.6.4`	`2.6.4`
NPM	i18next-fs-backend	`< 2.6.4`	`2.6.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-22 CWE-73

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

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