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Magic Wormhole CVE-2026-42448

| EUVD-2026-31947 LOW
Path Traversal (CWE-22)
2026-05-06 https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole GHSA-cf92-gfcw-6v53
3.5
CVSS 3.1

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Source Code Evidence Fetched
May 06, 2026 - 21:31 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
May 06, 2026 - 21:31 vuln.today
CVE Published
May 06, 2026 - 20:40 nvd
LOW 3.5

DescriptionNVD

Impact

A receiver who specifies "--output <dir>" where that output directory currently exists (as a directory).

Patches

0.24.0 will contain the patch

Workarounds

Ensure local target directories specified by "--output" do not already exist

Resources

Private email and Signal communications from a user. Magic Wormhole thanks @marduc812

AnalysisAI

Path traversal vulnerability in Magic Wormhole receive command allows authenticated attackers to write files outside the intended output directory when the specified output directory already exists, enabling arbitrary file write with low complexity via network delivery of a specially crafted transfer request.

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CVE-2026-42448 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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