Frauscher Sensortechnik FDS up to 2.13.3 path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Frauscher Sensortechnik FDS up to 2.13.3. It has been rated as very critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-14947. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Frauscher Sensortechnik FDS up to 2.13.3. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A high-privileged remote attacker can upload malicious ZIP archive containing directory traversal sequences such as ../ can escape the intended extraction directory and write files to arbitrary locations on the server, potentially achieve arbitrary code execution due to improper validation of archive entry paths before writing files to disk which could result in full system compromise.

It is possible to read the advisory at certvde.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-14947 since 07/07/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/20/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-63218). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Frauscher Sensortechnik

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• FDS

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• 2.13.0
• 2.13.1
• 2.13.2
• 2.13.3

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