A vulnerability was identified in WebTorrent up to 2.8.5/3.0.21. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getFileModtimes of the file torrent.js of the component File Path Handler. Such manipulation of the argument file.path leads to path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The reported GitHub issue was closed with the label "not planned".

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Workaround

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References
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https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent/issues/3012 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent/pull/3046 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-124582 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/1039255 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/432939 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/432939/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was identified in WebTorrent up to 2.8.5/3.0.21. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getFileModtimes of the file torrent.js of the component File Path Handler. Such manipulation of the argument file.path leads to path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The reported GitHub issue was closed with the label "not planned".
Title WebTorrent File Path torrent.js getFileModtimes path traversal
First Time appeared Webtorrent
Webtorrent webtorrent
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:webtorrent:webtorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Webtorrent
Webtorrent webtorrent
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-09T08:30:22.978Z

Reserved: 2026-11-08T17:19:42.551Z

Link: CVE-2026-124582

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-09T09:16:59.053

Modified: 2026-11-09T09:16:59.230

Link: CVE-2026-124582

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Updated: 2026-11-09T09:30:08Z

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