Description
A vulnerability was identified in WebTorrent up to 2.8.5/3.0.21. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getFileModtimes of the file torrent.js of the component File Path Handler. Such manipulation of the argument file.path leads to path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The reported GitHub issue was closed with the label "not planned".
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | WebTorrent | 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, 3.0.12, 3.0.13, 3.0.14, 3.0.15, 3.0.16, 3.0.17, 3.0.18, 3.0.19, 3.0.20, 3.0.21 | — |
References
- VDB-432939 | WebTorrent File Path torrent.js getFileModtimes path traversal vdb-entry technical-description
- VDB-432939 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature permissions-required
- CVE-2026-124582 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #1039255 | https://github.com/webtorrent webtorrent 2.8.5 Absolute Path Traversal third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent/issues/3012 exploit issue-tracking
- https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent/pull/3046 issue-tracking patch
- https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent/ product