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CVE-2026-55488

motionEye (mEye) is an online interface for a piece of software called "motion," which is a video surveillance program with motion detection. Versions prior to 0.44.0 contain an absolute path traversal vulnerability in multiple media file handlers that allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the filesystem. The affected handlers accept a user-controlled filename parameter and construct filesystem paths using `os.path.join()`. When an absolute path is supplied, Python discards the configu
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:812ca32433f8e2a0a7e9938920d41e52855e82ec2e12faa88d3d64d1ddd8057a
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"motioneye","vendor":"motioneye-project","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 0.44.0"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:acaf00797f870ebc680380a19d25b89cf6afe11addca16a00ed37175ca9fbc80 · sha256:f6a8fd879819c420… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":7.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:acaf00797f870ebc680380a19d25b89cf6afe11addca16a00ed37175ca9fbc80 · sha256:f6a8fd879819c420… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:acaf00797f870ebc680380a19d25b89cf6afe11addca16a00ed37175ca9fbc80 · sha256:f6a8fd879819c420… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/security/advisories/GHSA-rw9q-97r9-8gvh","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/security/advisories/GHSA-rw9q-97r9-8gvh"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:acaf00797f870ebc680380a19d25b89cf6afe11addca16a00ed37175ca9fbc80 · sha256:f6a8fd879819c420… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/security/advisories/GHSA-rw9q-97r9-8gvh"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:acaf00797f870ebc680380a19d25b89cf6afe11addca16a00ed37175ca9fbc80 · sha256:f6a8fd879819c420… · /containers/adp/0/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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