Badgerati Pode up to 2.12.x REST path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Badgerati Pode up to 2.12.x. This affects an unknown part of the component REST Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-42598. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Badgerati Pode up to 2.12.x. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component REST Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Pode is a Cross-Platform PowerShell web framework for creating REST APIs, Web Sites, and TCP/SMTP servers. From 2.4.0, to before 2.13.0, when requesting content from a Static Route, it was possible to request paths such as http://localhost:8080/c:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts and have the contents returned. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.0.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-42598 since 04/29/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.13.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Badgerati

Name

• Pode

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12

Website

• Product: https://github.com/Badgerati/Pode/

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