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Runtipi CVE-2026-55168

| EUVDEUVD-2026-64143 MEDIUM
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (CWE-59)
2026-08-21 GitHub_M
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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6.5 MEDIUM

Admin authentication required (PR:H) to access restore and user-config APIs; arbitrary file write yields high integrity and availability impact with no scope change.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Aug 21, 2026 - 21:30 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Aug 21, 2026 - 21:30 vuln.today
Patch available
Aug 21, 2026 - 21:02 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

Runtipi is a personal homeserver orchestrator. In 4.10.0 and earlier, Runtipi accepts symbolic links from an attacker-controlled backup archive and copies them into live application paths during the backup restore flow. An authenticated attacker can plant user-config/app.env as a symlink to an arbitrary reachable path and then send PUT /api/user-config/demoapp3:_user with attacker-controlled appEnv content. FilesystemService.writeTextFile() follows the planted link, allowing content to be written outside the intended restore and user-config directory boundary with Runtipi process permissions. This issue is fixed in version 4.10.1.

AnalysisAI

Symlink-following vulnerability in Runtipi 4.10.0 and earlier enables authenticated administrators to write arbitrary content to any filesystem path accessible by the Runtipi process. An attacker with admin credentials plants a symlink inside a crafted backup archive targeting an arbitrary path, restores the archive via the backup API, and then invokes the user-config write endpoint - causing FilesystemService.writeTextFile() to follow the planted link and write attacker-controlled content outside the intended directory boundary. …

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Exploitation Exploitation requires an active authenticated session with administrator-level privileges on the Runtipi instance, confirmed by the CVSS PR:H metric. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 6.5 score and PR:H metric reflect a meaningful constraint: exploitation requires an authenticated administrator session. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Upgrade to Runtipi 4.10.1, the vendor-released patch confirmed by the GitHub release at https://github.com/runtipi/runtipi/releases/tag/v4.10.1 and commit df529a211b05f3a0007b209b6c337f8c1942619c. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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