eventcatalog sdk up to 2.29.0 Custom Documentation Helpers custom-docs.ts getCustomDoc/writeCustomDoc/rmCustomDoc options.path path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in eventcatalog sdk up to 2.29.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function getCustomDoc/writeCustomDoc/rmCustomDoc of the file packages/sdk/src/custom-docs.ts of the component Custom Documentation Helpers. Such manipulation of the argument options.path leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-116046. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

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A vulnerability was found in eventcatalog sdk up to 2.29.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function getCustomDoc/writeCustomDoc/rmCustomDoc of the file packages/sdk/src/custom-docs.ts of the component Custom Documentation Helpers. The manipulation of the argument options.path 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, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-116046. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

Upgrading to version 2.30.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch a4f072a03f440d58230092e88d8b4893f4c6d6ca is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• eventcatalog

Name

• sdk

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
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29.0

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• open-source

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Accepted

• Submit #994176: EventCatalog @eventcatalog/sdk 2.29.0 Path Traversal (by pure)

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