CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72569

CriticalCVSS 9.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.51%

42th percentile - higher than 42% of all known CVEs

Summary

A path traversal vulnerability in cube-root/directory-serve through 1.3.7 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files outside the intended served directory when the application is run with the --delete option.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes deletion of critical system files or data, potentially leading to service disruption and data loss.

Recommendation

Update directory-serve to a patched version and avoid running with --delete in production without proper safeguards.

Other vulnerabilities in directory-serve

Original NVD description (English source)

A path traversal vulnerability in cube-root/directory-serve through 1.3.7 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files outside the intended served directory when the application is run with the --delete option.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS