CVE-2026-49453 (GCVE-0-2026-49453)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-21 20:50 – Updated: 2026-09-22 13:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Joplin: Path traversal in resource sync — silent arbitrary file write outside the resource directory
Summary
Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. Prior to 3.6.15 and 3.7.2, Joplin accepts synchronized resource metadata whose id or file_extension contains parent-directory or path-separator characters. BaseItem.unserialize() stores the unvalidated fields, resourceFilename() concatenates them into a destination path, and ResourceFetcher writes the attacker-controlled resource blob outside the resource directory during background synchronization. An attacker with write access to a configured sync target or shared notebook can create or overwrite files at an attacker-chosen existing path without user interaction. This issue is fixed in versions 3.6.15 and 3.7.2.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-22 13:31 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advi… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/pull/15540 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/pull/15672 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/18e0b0… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/505180… | x_refsource_MISC |
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