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CVE-2026-56122: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in rickknowles Winstone Servlet Container

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-56122cvecve-2026-56122
Published: 06/25/2026 (06/25/2026, 13:34:15 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: rickknowles
Product: Winstone Servlet Container

Description

Winstone Servlet Engine through 0.9.10 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by sending HTTP GET requests with dot-dot-slash sequences that are not sanitized when serving static files from the configured webroot. Attackers can traverse outside the webroot directory using traversal-prefixed paths in a single HTTP request to read any file accessible to the servlet engine process, including sensitive system files when the service runs with elevated privileges.

CVSS v4.0

Score 8.7high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
High
Vuln. Integrity
None
Vuln. Availability
None
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
VulnCheck
Date Reserved
2026-06-18T19:15:10.651Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a3d38394853345fc10a35ef

Added to database: 06/25/2026, 14:16:25 UTC

Last updated: 06/25/2026, 14:16:25 UTC

Views: 1

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