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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-16836

Rubedo through 3.4.0 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in the theme component, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read and execute arbitrary files outside of the service root path, as demonstrated by a /theme/default/img/%2e%2e/..//etc/passwd URI.

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CVE-2018-16836
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1 Nov 2026, 06:11 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-16836

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Sept 2018, 16:29 UTC

Rubedo through 3.4.0 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in the theme component, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read and execute arbitrary files outside of the service root path, as demonstrated by a /theme/default/img/%2e%2e/..//etc/passwd URI.

osv:CVE-2018-16836
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.584057631Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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