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CVE-2017-17042
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-11-28T20:29:00.337 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:10:15.667

Summary

lib/yard/core_ext/file.rb in the server in YARD before 0.9.11 does not block relative paths with an initial ../ sequence, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files.

Affected products

yardoc — yard

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References

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