Description
Yank Note before 3.93.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the path or doc parameter of /api/help. Attackers can supply repeated '../' segments, which bypass the single-replacement sanitization in the publicly allowlisted endpoint, to read SSH keys, configuration, or notes.
Published: 2026-10-19
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Yank Note before 3.93.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the path or doc parameter of /api/help. Attackers can supply repeated '../' segments, which bypass the single-replacement sanitization in the publicly allowlisted endpoint, to read SSH keys, configuration, or notes.
Title Yank Note before 3.93.1 Path Traversal via /api/help Endpoint
First Time appeared Yank-note
Yank-note yank Note
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:yank-note:yank_note:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Yank-note
Yank-note yank Note
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Subscriptions

Yank-note Yank Note
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-19T13:55:08.190Z

Reserved: 2026-10-17T12:18:55.462Z

Link: CVE-2026-111915

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-19T14:17:00.740

Modified: 2026-10-19T14:17:00.740

Link: CVE-2026-111915

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')