Advisories

Hermes WebUI < 0.51.221 Path Traversal via Symlink Workspace Bypass

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severity
medium
date
Affecting
  • Hermes WebUI < 0.51.221 fixed in commit 7c48c37

CWE
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CVSS
6.9
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Chia Min Jun Lennon
Description
Hermes WebUI before v0.51.221 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to escape the workspace boundary by supplying symlinks that resolve to files or directories outside the designated workspace root. Attackers can exploit the workspace file and listing APIs, which resolve symlink targets without enforcing that the final path remains within the workspace, to read external host files accessible to the server process and disclose sensitive data such as SSH keys, cloud credentials, or application tokens.

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