Description
Mistune before 3.3.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the RST include directive that allows attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying relative or absolute paths. Attackers can submit markdown containing include directives referencing ../ sequences or absolute paths to embed sensitive files like credentials or environment data in rendered HTML.
Published: 2026-10-22
Score: 9.2 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lepture
Lepture mistune
Vendors & Products Lepture
Lepture mistune

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Mistune before 3.3.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the RST include directive that allows attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying relative or absolute paths. Attackers can submit markdown containing include directives referencing ../ sequences or absolute paths to embed sensitive files like credentials or environment data in rendered HTML.
Title Mistune before 3.3.0 Path Traversal via include Directive
First Time appeared Mistune Project
Mistune Project mistune
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mistune_project:mistune:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mistune Project
Mistune Project mistune
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Lepture Mistune
Mistune Project Mistune
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T19:13:30.422Z

Reserved: 2026-10-22T11:20:02.626Z

Link: CVE-2026-115353

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:41.227

Modified: 2026-10-22T19:17:41.337

Link: CVE-2026-115353

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T04:15:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')