CVE-2026-71269

HIGH 7.2

Node-RED Library API Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Read/Write

CVSS Score

7.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Node-RED's local-filesystem library storage module (getLibraryEntry and saveLibraryEntry in packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/storage/localfilesystem/library.js), reachable via GET/POST /library/:lib/:type/*path, joins the user-supplied path parameter directly into the filesystem path via fspath.join(libDir, type, path) with no traversal sanitization, containment check, or path normalization/prefix verification.

CWE	CWE-22
Vendor	node-red
Product	node-red
Published	Aug 5, 2026
Last Updated	Aug 10, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

node-red / node-red

0 ≤ *

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/node-red/node-red github.com: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/storage/localfilesystem/library.js

Credits

Alibek Baxtiyorov