Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-34783 · published 6 April 2026
CVE-2026-34783: Montferret ferret path traversal vulnerability
MMontferret · Ferret
Ferret is a declarative system for working with web data. Prior to 2.0.0-alpha.4, a path traversal vulnerability in Ferret's IO::FS::WRITE standard library function allows a malicious website to write arbitrary files to the filesystem of the machine running Ferret. When an operator scrapes a website that returns filenames containing ../ sequences, and uses those filenames to construct output paths (a standard scraping pattern), the attacker controls both the destination path and the file content. This can lead to remote code execution via cron jobs, SSH authorized_keys, shell profiles, or web shells. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-alpha.4.
Description
Ferret is a declarative system for working with web data. Prior to 2.0.0-alpha.4, a path traversal vulnerability in Ferret's IO::FS::WRITE standard library function allows a malicious website to write arbitrary files to the filesystem of the machine running Ferret. When an operator scrapes a website that returns filenames containing ../ sequences, and uses those filenames to construct output paths (a standard scraping pattern), the attacker controls both the destination path and the file content. This can lead to remote code execution via cron jobs, SSH authorized_keys, shell profiles, or web shells. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-alpha.4.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/MontFerret/ferret/commit/160ebad6bd50f153453e120f6d909f5b83322917 | Patch |
| https://github.com/MontFerret/ferret/security/advisories/GHSA-j6v5-g24h-vg4j | ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/MontFerret/ferret/security/advisories/GHSA-j6v5-g24h-vg4j | ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory |
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-34783), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.