CVE-2026-55086EPSS p2.7%
CVE-2026-55086CVE-2026-55086
Description
Etherpad is a real-time collaborative editor. Prior to 3.1.0, src/node/handler/ImportHandler.ts and src/node/handler/ExportHandler.ts derive temporary filenames from Math.random() and place them in os.tmpdir(). On a host with a shared world-writable temporary directory, a local unprivileged attacker who predicts a filename can precreate a symbolic link to a file writable by the Etherpad process. Subsequent import or export operations can follow the link through fs.writeFile, fs.rename, or document-conversion output and overwrite the target with partially attacker-controlled content. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.0.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.2 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| EPSS | 0.14% probability of exploitation · percentile 2.7% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-09-09 |