CVE-2026-43616Disclosure(horsicq / detect-it-easy)

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-23

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • detect-it-easy

Threat summary

  • 3 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 3 signals
  • Disclosure: 3 classified signals
  • Peaked 1d ago at 2 mentions (2026-05-04); latest day: 1
  • 3 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
detect-it-easy

Deep dive

Activity timeline3 mentions / 2d
01122Mentions · 2026-05-04: 2Mentions · 2026-05-29: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-04: 2Technical Details · 2026-05-29: 105-0405-29
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
3100.0%
Referenced assets3 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-05-042
Disclosure2
2026-05-291
Disclosure1
Full discourse3 posts
  • DailyCVE@dailycve
    Disclosure

    🟠 Detect-It-Easy, Path Traversal, #CVE-2026-43616 (Medium) -DC-May2026-49 https://dailycve.com/detect-it-easy-path-traversal-cve-2026-43616-medium-dc-may2026-49/

    Post summary

    DailyCVE reports a medium‑severity path traversal vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑43616) affecting Detect‑It‑Easy.

    0000052
    207 followersView on X
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-43616 Path Traversal Vulnerability in Detect-It-Easy Prior to 3.21 https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-43616

    Post summary

    The text announces a path traversal vulnerability in Detect‑It‑Easy versions before 3.21, linking to a detail page, but provides no PoC, exploit, patch, or evidence of active exploitation.

    0000034
    4.0K followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-43616 Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive en… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43616

    Post summary

    CVE‑2026‑43616 is a path traversal vulnerability in Detect‑It‑Easy versions prior to 3.21 that permits arbitrary file writes; the announcement offers technical details but no PoC or exploit information.

    0000088
    57.4K followersView on X
CPE platform detail1 entries

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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