How exploitable is this vulnerability in practice?

It is highly exploitable in environments where users with team edit permissions are untrusted or where accounts can be compromised. Since the flaw is triggered via a normal application workflow, exploitation does not require complex payloads once authentication is obtained.

Does an attacker need administrative access to exploit this?

No. The attacker needs an authenticated account with team edit permissions or equivalent rights that allow creating or modifying font variants. Full administrative access is not required as long as the vulnerable RPC endpoint is reachable.

What is the safest general fix pattern for this issue?

The safest approach is to redesign the font processing logic so that user input is treated only as uploaded content, never as a local filesystem path. If the backend must access local files, it should do so using internal identifiers mapped to a strict allowlist of known-safe locations.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal (CWE-22) in Penpot create-font-variant RPC

CVE-2026-26202

Published:

Feb 19, 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-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Arbitrary File Read / Path Traversal

CWE:

CWE-22;CWE-73

Impact:

Unauthorized File Disclosure and Sensitive Data Exposure

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Arbitrary File Read / Path Traversal

CWE:

CWE-22;CWE-73

Impact:

Unauthorized File Disclosure and Sensitive Data Exposure

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal (CWE-22) in Penpot create-font-variant RPC

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

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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