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CVE-2026-42448

3.5 lowEPSS 0.2%

Low (3.5). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in magic-wormhole 0.24.0.

Magic Wormhole makes it possible to get arbitrary-sized files and directories from one computer to another. Prior to 0.24.0, there is a path traversal when a receiver who specifies "--output <dir>" where that output directory currently exists (as a directory). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

3.5 low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-22
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-cf92-gfcw-6v53PyPImagic-wormhole>=0.23.0 <0.24.00.24.0
PYSEC-2026-2616PyPImagic-wormhole>=0.23.0 <0.24.00.24.0

References

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