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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-125113 EUVD-2026-120494

XRootD: Path traversal in directory listing allows access to the parent directory via trailing ".." pattern

Published Nov 9, 2026 · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

The XRootD project provides a high-performance, fault-tolerant, and secure solution for handling large amounts of data distributed across multiple storage resources. Prior to version 5.9.2, XRootD's rpCheck() function in src/XrdXrootd/XrdXrootdXeq.cc rejects a parent-directory component only when two dots are followed by a slash and does not reject a terminal two-dot component. An unauthenticated attacker can append /.. to an exported path in xrdfs ls or an HTTP PROPFIND request, bypass the all.export directory scope, and cause directory and filename enumeration in the parent directory under oss.localroot. The demonstrated vector does not permit file download or disclose file contents. This issue is fixed in version 5.9.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
xrootd xrootd < 5.9.2 —

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
Ubuntu 26.10 xrootd No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS xrootd No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS xrootd No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS xrootd No fix yet —

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