Weakness (CWE)
CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
How to prevent it (1 mitigation)
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Architecture and Design
Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
Denying access to a file can prevent an attacker from replacing that file with a link to a sensitive file. Ensure good compartmentalization in the system to provide protected areas that can be trusted.
Source: MITRE CWE-59
1,132 results · Feed
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High 7.7
Kubevirt: kubevirt: vmexport directory symlink escape enables exporter pod file read
A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-exportserver component. An attacker with specific namespace-level access can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the VMExport directory endpoint. By placing a symbolic link (symlink) within an exported filesystem Pers…
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High 7.9
pam_usb: Symlink attacks on pad directory and pad files enable authentication bypass and root file corruption
pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.8.7, symlink attacks on pad directory and pad files enable authentication bypass and root file corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.7.
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High 7.5
Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Libraries Plugin does not prohibit symbolic links in shared libraries
Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Libraries Plugin 797.v90ea_a_9b_e45a_0 and earlier does not prohibit symbolic links in shared libraries, allowing attackers able to control the content of a library used by a Pipeline job to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins control…
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Critical 9.9
Kubevirt: kubevirt virt-handler: privilege escalation and node compromise via symlink following vulnerability
A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler component. This vulnerability allows an authenticated OpenShift user with edit permissions in a single namespace to exploit improper symlink validation when connecting to virtual machine console sockets. By replacin…
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High 7.5
Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract hardlinks to attacker controlled paths outside the extraction directory
Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract hardlinks to attacker controlled paths outside the extraction directory. _make_special_file() passes the tar header's linkname to link() without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments, creating a…
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Critical 9.1
Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory
Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. _make_special_file() passes the tar header's linkname to symlink() without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The …
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Medium 5.5
FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 is vulnerable to a local symlink attack via predictable file paths in /tmp. …
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Medium 5.5
BentoML has Information Disclosure in `bentoml build` via symlink traversal in the build context
BentoML is a Python library for building online serving systems optimized for AI apps and model inference. In versions 1.4.38 and prior, the build packaging workflow follows attacker-controlled symlinks inside the build context and copies the referenced file …
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High 7.8
A link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One scan engine could allow a local attacker to escalate privile…
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High 8.1
Arbitrary file read via attacker-controlled symlink creation
An improper link resolution vulnerability in Netatalk 3.0.2 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files or overwrite arbitrary files via attacker-controlled symlink creation.
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High 7.8
Windows Admin Center in Azure Portal Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Windows Admin Center allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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High 7.8
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
KEV May 20, 2026 -
Medium 6.3
Rsync < 3.4.3 Symlink Race Condition via Path-Based Syscalls
Rsync version 3.4.2 and prior contain symlink race condition vulnerabilities in path-based system calls including chmod, lchown, utimes, rename, unlink, mkdir, symlink, mknod, link, rmdir, and lstat that allow local attackers to redirect operations to files o…
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Medium 5.3
An issue was discovered in the Portrait Dell Color Management application before 3.7.0 for Dell monitors. On Windows, a…
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Medium 4.2
npitre cramfs-tools cramfsck.c change_file_status symlink
A vulnerability was detected in npitre cramfs-tools up to 2.2. Affected is the function change_file_status of the file cramfsck.c. Performing a manipulation results in symlink following. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may …
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High 7.4
Microsoft APM: Symlinks under `.apm/prompts/` and `.apm/agents/` are dereferenced during `apm install`, copying host-local file contents into the project tree
Microsoft APM is an open-source, community-driven dependency manager for AI agents. From 0.5.4 to 0.12.4, two primitive integrators in apm-cli enumerate package files with bare Path.glob() / Path.rglob() calls and read each match with Path.read_text(), transp…
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High 7.8
gitoxide: Symlink prefix-reuse allows worktree escape during checkout
gitoxide is an implementation of git written in Rust. Prior to 0.21.1, a malicious tree can be constructed that will, when checked out with gitoxide, permit writing an attacker-controlled symlink into any existing directory the user has write access to. Durin…
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High 8.5
vm2: NodeVM require.root bypass via symlink traversal allows sandbox escape
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. In 3.10.5, NodeVM's require.root path restriction can be bypassed using filesystem symlinks, allowing sandboxed code to load modules from outside the allowed root directory in host context. Because path validation…
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High 8.5
Claude Desktop: Local Privilege Escalation via Directory Junction in CoworkVMService
The Claude Desktop app gives you Claude Code with a graphical interface built for running multiple sessions side by side. Prior to 1.3834.0, the CoworkVMService component in Claude Desktop for Windows ran as SYSTEM and did not validate whether the VM bundle d…
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High 7.5
The locally served web site on the Garmin WDU (v1 1.4.6 and v2 5.0) allows a symlink attack. If a malicious graphics pa…
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Low 3.2
ciguard: discover_pipeline_files follows symlinks out of scan root
ciguard is a static security auditor for CI/CD pipelines. From 0.8.0 to 0.8.1 , the discover_pipeline_files() function in src/ciguard/discovery.py walks a directory tree following symlinks, with cycle protection via tracking visited resolved paths. An attacke…
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Medium 6.0
Nomad's exec2 task driver vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack
HashiCorp Nomad’s exec2 task driver prior to 0.1.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write on the client host as the Nomad process user through a symlink attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-8052) is fixed in version 0.1.2 of the exec2 task driver.
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Medium 6.0
Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 are vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write on the client host as the Nomad process user through a symlink attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-6959) is fixed in Nomad 2.0.1, 1.11.5 and 1.10.11.
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Medium 6.3
Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
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High 8.5
JunoClaw: upload_wasm accepted arbitrary filesystem paths without validation
JunoClaw is an agentic AI platform built on Juno Network. Prior to 0.x.y-security-1, the upload_wasm MCP tool accepted a filesystem path from the agent and uploaded whatever bytes the path resolved to, with no validation of location, symlink target, file size…
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Medium 4.7CVE-2026-5061 Public exploit
Consul-template vulnerable to sandbox path bypass in file helper via a symlink attack
The consul-template library before version 0.42.0 is vulnerable to a sandbox path bypass in the file template helper that may allow reading an out-of-sandbox file. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-5061) is fixed in consul-template 0.42.0.
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High 8.8
CyberPanel 2.1 Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Symlink Attack
CyberPanel 2.1 contains a command execution vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to read arbitrary files and execute remote code by exploiting symlink attacks through the filemanager controller endpoint. Attackers can manipulate the completeStart…
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High 7.5
apko dirFS has a symlink-following path traversal that allows multiple entry points to escape the build root
apko allows users to build and publish OCI container images built from apk packages. From version 0.14.8 to before version 1.2.5, a crafted .apk could install a TypeSymlink tar entry whose target pointed outside the build root, and a subsequent directory-crea…
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High 8.7
PraisonAI: Symlink-extraction bypass of `_safe_extractall` writes outside `dest_dir`
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 4.6.37, the _safe_extractall helper that all recipe pull, recipe publish, and recipe unpack flows route through validates each archive member's name for absolute paths, .. segments, and resolved-path e…
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High 7.0
IObit Advanced SystemCare Service ASC.exe symlink
A security flaw has been discovered in IObit Advanced SystemCare 19. This affects an unknown part of the file ASC.exe of the component Service. The manipulation results in symlink following. Attacking locally is a requirement. This attack is characterized by …
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High 7.4
In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2024.3.7.1, 2025.1.7.1, 2025.2.6.2, 2025.3.4.1, 2026.1.1 reading arbitrary local file…
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Medium 6.3
Dell/Alienware Purchased Apps, versions prior to 1.1.31.0, contain an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Lin…
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Medium 4.4
NousResearch hermes-agent file_tools.py _check_sensitive_path symlink
A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent 0.8.0. This affects the function _check_sensitive_path of the file tools/file_tools.py. The manipulation results in symlink following. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been re…
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High 8.8
Improper Authentication in TUBITAK BILGEM's Pardus About
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') vulnerability in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute Pardus About allows Symlink Attack. This issue affects Pardus About: before 1.2.2.
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Medium 6.8
OpenClaw < 2026.3.31 - Sandbox Escape via Unrestricted File Sync and Symlink Traversal
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a sandbox escape vulnerability allowing attackers to traverse directory boundaries through symlink exploitation during file synchronization operations. Remote attackers can bypass sandbox restrictions by crafting malicious s…
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Medium 4.7
Spring Boot's PID file write follows symlinks at predictable default path
When an application is configured to use `ApplicationPidFileWriter`, a local attacker with write access to the PID file's location can corrupt one file on the host each time the application is started. Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5 (fix 4.0.6), 3.5.0–3.5.…
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High 8.1
OpenClaw < 2026.3.31 - Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Following in SSH Sandbox Tar Upload
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a symlink following vulnerability in SSH sandbox tar upload that allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files. Attackers can exploit this by uploading tar archives containing symlinks to escape the sandbox and overwrite …
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High 8.4
OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Privileged Java agent injection allows arbitrary host file overwrite via untrusted TMPDIR
OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. From 0.4.0 to before 0.8.0, a flaw in the Java agent injection path allows a local attacker controlling a Java workload to overwrite arbitrary host files whe…
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Medium 6.6
radare2 < 6.1.4 Project Notes Path Traversal via Symlink
radare2 prior to 6.1.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability in its project notes handling that allows attackers to read or write files outside the configured project directory by importing a malicious .zrp archive containing a symlinked notes.txt file. Att…
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High 7.4
Junction File Manipulation
This vulnerability allows an attacker to create a junction, enabling the deletion of arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges. As a result, this condition potentially facilitates arbitrary code execution, whereby an attacker may exploit the vulnerability to exe…