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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-14056

ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 is prone to a path traversal flaw via ../ in a web skin name to access files outside of the intended skins directories.

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CVE-2018-14056
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31 Oct 2026, 12:24 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-14056

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Jul 2018, 01:29 UTC

ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 is prone to a path traversal flaw via ../ in a web skin name to access files outside of the intended skins directories.

osv:CVE-2018-14056
Complete source record
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