CVE-2026-12701

Medium

Elevated severity or exploit probability.

CVSS base

9.0 CRITICAL

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

EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)

1.2%

66.7th percentile

CISA KEV

Not listed

Weakness / dates

CWE-22

Published 2026-07-20 · modified 2026-07-22

CVSS breakdown

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

Attack Vector	N	Network
Attack Complexity	L	Low
Privileges Required	H	High
User Interaction	N	None
Scope	C	Changed
Confidentiality	L	Low
Integrity	H	High
Availability	H	High

Timeline

2026-07-20 — Published (NVD)
2026-07-22 — Last modified (NVD)

Description

A path traversal vulnerability was found in pulpcore. The relative_path_validator function only verifies that content paths do not begin with "/" but fails to block directory traversal sequences such as "../" anywhere in the path. An authenticated administrator can craft a relative_path containing embedded traversal sequences (e.g., "looking/normal/../../../../etc/shadow") that escapes the intended export directory during FilesystemExport operations. Because the file content is also user-controlled (uploaded artifact), this allows arbitrary file write to any location writable by the Pulp service user, potentially leading to service compromise or further system exploitation.

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org