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Description

A flaw was found in evolution-data-server. Calendar events containing a file:// URI in their ATTACH property automatically read the targeted local file, base64-encode its contents and upload it back to the server when the event is saved. There are no file path restrictions or checks to verify whether the attachment originally came from the server or was added locally. This allows an attacker with access to a shared CalDAV calendar to exfiltrate arbitrary files the user has access to when interacting with malicious calendar events.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GNOME evolution-data-server 3.26 – < 3.62.1 3.62.1
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 evolution-data-server No fix yet —
Debian 13 evolution-data-server No fix yet —
Debian 12 evolution-data-server No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 evolution-data-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS evolution-data-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS evolution-data-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS evolution-data-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS evolution-data-server No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS evolution-data-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS evolution-data-server No fix yet —

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