CVE-2026-113352

uTox through 0.18.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows Tox friends to write arbitrary files by sending absolute or ../ file names to victims with auto-accept enabled. Attackers can overwrite shell startup files or plant crafted .ftinfo resume records that ft_find_resumeable() loads, abusing FILE pointers to write /proc/self/mem and execute code.

CVSS 4.0

7.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 47% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-22

Published

2026-10-20

Modified

2026-10-20

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

References

• https://github.com/uTox/uTox
• https://github.com/uTox/uTox/blob/4b014491560c884b556f082d4d34c5229228bbc5/src/file_transfers.c#L249-L290
• https://github.com/uTox/uTox/blob/4b014491560c884b556f082d4d34c5229228bbc5/src/xlib/filesys.c#L191-L214
• https://github.com/uTox/uTox/issues/1587
• https://github.com/uTox/uTox/pull/1602

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