OpenListTeam OpenList up to 4.2.3 Share Creation sharing.go strings.HasPrefix requested_path path traversal

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in OpenListTeam OpenList up to 4.2.3. Affected is the function strings.HasPrefix of the file server/handles/sharing.go of the component Share Creation. The manipulation of the argument requested_path results in path traversal. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-69160. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in OpenListTeam OpenList up to 4.2.3. Affected is the function strings.HasPrefix of the file server/handles/sharing.go of the component Share Creation. The manipulation of the argument requested_path with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

OpenList a file list program that supports multiple storage. Prior to 4.2.4, the share creation and update checks in server/handles/sharing.go use strings.HasPrefix(requested_path, user.BasePath) without enforcing a directory separator boundary. An authenticated user with CanShare permission and a BasePath such as /base can submit a sibling path such as /base2/secret.txt, create a share for the out-of-scope file, and use the public share download or list handlers to read data outside the assigned directory. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.4.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-69160 since 08/03/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading to version 4.2.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• OpenListTeam

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• OpenList

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• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3

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• Product: https://github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList/

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