How broadly exploitable is this directory traversal issue?

Exploitability depends on how many paths in Nahimic 3 can be influenced by an attacker and what directories the process can access. If user-controllable input reaches sensitive file operations without validation, the risk can be significant.

Does an attacker need local access to exploit this vulnerability?

In most scenarios, some form of local or logical access is required to supply or manipulate the paths that Nahimic 3 uses. This may be direct user interaction, configuration editing, or control over another component that communicates with the application.

What is the safest general fix pattern for developers?

The safest pattern is to canonicalize every path, then enforce that the resolved absolute path remains within a predefined allowed directory, combined with strict whitelisting of permitted locations or file types. All file operations should be performed only after these checks succeed.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

Directory Traversal (CWE-22) in SteelSeries Nahimic 3 1.10.7

CVE-2025-68921

Published:

Jan 16, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-306

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

Account Takeover / Loss of Account Control

February 17, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-sonos-http-api TTS Provider for macOS

Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

February 17, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Directory Traversal

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

Unauthorized File System Access

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Directory Traversal

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

Unauthorized File System Access

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Directory Traversal (CWE-22) in SteelSeries Nahimic 3 1.10.7

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-sonos-http-api TTS Provider for macOS

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