How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability?

Exploitation is limited to authenticated users who can access file operation features, but within that scope it can be significant, as it allows actions on files outside the user's authorized directories within the same storage mount.

Does an attacker need elevated privileges or admin access?

Not necessarily. A regular user account with permission to perform file operations in its own area can potentially abuse this flaw to affect other users' files, assuming directory-level authorization is relied upon for isolation.

What is the safest general fix pattern for this issue?

The safest pattern is to canonicalize all paths derived from user input and strictly enforce that the resulting path stays under a known, per-user or per-tenant root directory before performing any filesystem operation, rejecting requests that fail this check.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

Path Traversal (CWE-22) in Alist File Operation Handlers

CVE-2026-25161

Published:

Feb 4, 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

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CRITICAL RISK

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Account Takeover / Loss of Account Control

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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:

Path Traversal

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

Unauthorized File Access and Manipulation

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

Unauthorized File Access and Manipulation

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Path Traversal (CWE-22) in Alist File Operation Handlers

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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