CVE-2026-108723
answer-me-with-html through 0.5.0 Symlink Following in Code Block src Embedding
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.0 Low
- Published
- Oct 11, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 18, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 11, 2026
Description
answer-me-with-html through 0.5.0 contains a link following vulnerability in the am CLI code block src= embedding, where localPath() checks only path text without resolving symlinks. Attackers can ship a repository with a symlink pointing outside the checkout so am render embeds readable external files into generated HTML, disclosing them when shared.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.0 Low | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 2.5 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
answer-me-with-htmlQingYunA |
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References
- https://hackmd.io/@haind/answer-me-with-html-code-src-symlink-escapethird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/QingYunA/answer-me-with-html/blob/b275eba8d4cc49bcb4bbc28459863f4b49a480f9/src/code.js#L74-L105technical-description
- https://github.com/QingYunA/answer-me-with-htmlproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: answer-me-with-html through 0.5.0 Symlink Following in Code Block src Embeddingthird-party-advisory
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