CVE-2026-62947
OpenWrt is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Prior to 25.12.5, the cgi-download handler in cgi-io authorizes the requested path against the caller's ubus session file ACL before canonicalization, and rpcd session.c uses fnmatch() without FNM_PATHNAME, allowing traversal such as an allowed wildcard prefix followed by ../ to read root-readable files including /etc/shadow. This vulnerability is fixed in 25.12.5.
Weakness
OpenWrt is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Prior to 25.12.5, the cgi-download handler in cgi-io authorizes the requested path against the caller's ubus session file ACL before canonicalization, and rpcd session.c uses fnmatch() without FNM_PATHNAME, allowing traversal such as an allowed wildcard prefix followed by ../ to read root-readable files including /etc/shadow. This vulnerability is fixed in 25.12.5.
Affected products
- openwrt openwrt
References
- https://github.com/openwrt/cgi-io/commit/72990b7489872112df31c94032637c907760bae4
- https://github.com/openwrt/cgi-io/pull/4
- https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/releases/tag/v25.12.5
- https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/security/advisories/GHSA-jw5r-xhf5-2xcq
- https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/security/advisories/GHSA-jw5r-xhf5-2xcq
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