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CVE-2018-16716
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-05-02T20:29:00.307 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:44:42.103

Summary

A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox, which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.

Affected products

nih — ncbi_toolbox

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References

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