Description
A vulnerability was identified in WebTorrent up to 2.8.5/3.0.21. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getFileModtimes of the file torrent.js of the component File Path Handler. Such manipulation of the argument file.path leads to path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The reported GitHub issue was closed with the label "not planned".
Published: 2026-11-09
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was identified in WebTorrent up to 2.8.5/3.0.21. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getFileModtimes of the file torrent.js of the component File Path Handler. Such manipulation of the argument file.path leads to path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The reported GitHub issue was closed with the label "not planned".
Title WebTorrent File Path torrent.js getFileModtimes path traversal
First Time appeared Webtorrent
Webtorrent webtorrent
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:webtorrent:webtorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Webtorrent
Webtorrent webtorrent
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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Webtorrent Webtorrent
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-09T08:30:22.978Z

Reserved: 2026-11-08T17:19:42.551Z

Link: CVE-2026-124582

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-09T09:16:59.053

Modified: 2026-11-09T09:16:59.230

Link: CVE-2026-124582

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-09T09:30:08Z

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