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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-39916 · published 13 September 2023

CVE-2023-39916: Nlnetlabs routinator path traversal vulnerability

Nlnetlabs · Routinator

NLnet Labs’ Routinator 0.9.0 up to and including 0.12.1 as well as 0.14.0 up to and including 0.14.2 contains a possible path traversal vulnerability in the optional, off-by-default keep-rrdp-responses feature that allows users to store the content of responses received for RRDP requests. The location of these stored responses is constructed from the URL of the request. Due to insufficient sanitation of the URL, it is possible for an attacker to craft a URL that results in the response being stored outside of the directory specified for it.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.64% · top 50.7% CWE-35 · CWE-35CWE-22 · Path traversal
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.64%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

NLnet Labs’ Routinator 0.9.0 up to and including 0.12.1 as well as 0.14.0 up to and including 0.14.2 contains a possible path traversal vulnerability in the optional, off-by-default keep-rrdp-responses feature that allows users to store the content of responses received for RRDP requests. The location of these stored responses is constructed from the URL of the request. Due to insufficient sanitation of the URL, it is possible for an attacker to craft a URL that results in the response being stored outside of the directory specified for it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/routinator/CVE-2023-39916.txt Vendor Advisory
https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/routinator/CVE-2023-39916.txt Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-39916), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-11). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.