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GHSA-fh2f-xfxc-q9cc

HighCVSS 8.6 / 10
Published Jul 28, 2026·Last modified Jul 28, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Summary

openhole-server forwarded the URL-decoded request path (r.URL.Path) to tunnel clients instead of the original request-target. Percent-encoded dot-segments (%2e) and separators (%2f) were decoded to ../ and / before reaching the local service.

Go's ServeMux rejects literal ../ paths, but percent-encoded traversal sequences bypassed this and were delivered to backends as working path traversal.

Impact

An unauthenticated remote attacker could read files outside the published web root on tunneled local services that resolve paths without canonicalization.

Example:

  • /%2e%2e/secret.txt → file outside web root
  • /%2e%2e/%2e%2e/etc/passwd → sensitive files

Encoded slashes (/a%2fb) could also bypass path-based access controls.

Fix

v0.1.2 forwards r.URL.EscapedPath() on the server and preserves the request-target on the CLI client.

Users should upgrade both openhole-server and the openhole CLI to v0.1.2 or later.

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.6

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information.

Threat Intelligence
7.9

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
0.36%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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