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expo-share-intent CVE-2026-78196

| EUVDEUVD-2026-64724 MEDIUM
Path Traversal (CWE-22)
2026-08-24 VulDB GHSA-3v3q-h6jq-r694
4.8
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulDB
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Vendor (VulDB) PRIMARY
4.8 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
vuln.today AI
4.4 MEDIUM

Local-only attack via co-installed app (AV:L), low privileges required (PR:L), no confidentiality impact, limited integrity and availability impact from out-of-bounds file writes.

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

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CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Aug 24, 2026 - 05:21 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Aug 24, 2026 - 05:21 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 24, 2026 - 04:45 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.8

DescriptionCVE.org

A security flaw has been discovered in achorein expo-share-intent up to 8.0.0. This affects the function getDataColumn of the file ExpoShareIntentModule.kt of the component Android File Copy Routine. The manipulation of the argument _display_name results in path traversal. The attack requires a local approach. Upgrading to version 8.0.1 is able to mitigate this issue. The patch is identified as c6900b1ed06fcc3ca4b09651348974ac5b95e4e6. The affected component should be upgraded.

AnalysisAI

Path traversal in achorein expo-share-intent up to version 8.0.0 allows a local attacker to write files outside the intended cache directory by supplying a crafted _display_name value during Android file sharing operations. The getDataColumn function in ExpoShareIntentModule.kt constructed file paths directly from the unvalidated content-provider display name, enabling directory escape via sequences such as ../../. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Malicious app installed on target device
Delivery
Craft share intent with traversal _display_name
Exploit
Trigger file share to vulnerable app
Execution
getDataColumn passes unsanitized filename to File()
Impact
File written outside cacheDir boundary

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires a local attacker with the ability to install a malicious application on the same Android device or otherwise control a process capable of issuing a crafted share intent to the target application. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L) and score of 4.8 accurately reflect the constrained threat model: exploitation is strictly local, requires low privileges, and yields only limited integrity and availability impact with no confidentiality exposure. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario A malicious Android application co-installed on the same device constructs a share intent targeting the vulnerable app and sets the `_display_name` content-provider field to a traversal string such as `../../lib/malicious.so`. When the victim app invokes `getDataColumn` to process the shared file, the unsanitized filename is passed to `File(context.cacheDir, fileName)`, causing the received file to be written to an attacker-chosen path outside the cache directory. …
Remediation Upgrade to expo-share-intent version 8.0.1, which incorporates the fix from commit c6900b1ed06fcc3ca4b09651348974ac5b95e4e6 merged via GitHub PR #221 (https://github.com/achorein/expo-share-intent/pull/221); the patched release is published at https://github.com/achorein/expo-share-intent/releases/tag/v8.0.1. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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