Obsidian
CVE-2023-2110
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could access files and directories outside the intended path. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Improper path handling in Obsidian desktop before 1.2.8 on Windows, Linux and macOS allows a crafted webpage to access local files and exfiltrate them to remote web servers via. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. Improper path handling in Obsidian desktop before 1.2.8 on Windows, Linux and macOS allows a crafted webpage to access local files and exfiltrate them to remote web servers via "app://local/<absolute-path>". This vulnerability can be exploited if a user opens a malicious markdown file in Obsidian, or copies text from a malicious webpage and paste it into Obsidian. Affected products include: Obsidian. Version information: before 1.2.8.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Improper path handling in Obsidian desktop before 1.2.8 on Windows, Linux and macOS allows a crafted webpage to access local files and exfiltrate them to remote web servers via "app://local/<absolute-path>". This vulnerability can be exploited if a user opens a malicious markdown file in Obsidian, or copies text from a malicious webpage and paste it into Obsidian.
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Obsidian 0.14.x and 0.15.x before 0.15.5 allows obsidian://hook-get-address remote code execution because window.open is
Unauthenticated OAuth handling in Obsidian Web MCP (obsidian-web-mcp) prior to 0.2.0 lets any remote caller who can reac
Obsidian Dataview through 0.4.12-hotfix1 allows eval injection. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no
An issue discovered in Obsidian Canvas 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to send desktop notifications, record user audio an
Plesk Obsidian allows a CSRF attack, e.g., via the /api/v2/cli/commands REST API to change an Admin password. Rated medi
A Host Header Injection issue on the Login page of Plesk Obsidian through 18.0.49 allows attackers to redirect users to
The feature to preview a website in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.0 through 18.0.32 on Linux is vulnerable to reflected XSS via th
Obsidian before 0.12.12 does not require user confirmation for non-http/https URLs. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8),
Arbitrary code execution in Obsidian Desktop builds prior to 1.14.0 is possible when a user opens an attacker-supplied M
Arbitrary operating-system command execution on Obsidian Desktop builds prior to 1.14.0 is possible when a victim opens
Obsidian before 1.2.2 allows calls to unintended APIs (for microphone access, camera access, and desktop notification) v
A GET-based XSS reflected vulnerability in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.17 allows remote unauthenticated users to inject arbitrar
GitHub PoC
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