CVE-2026-49453

Joplin: Path traversal in resource sync — silent arbitrary file write outside the resource directory

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
Sep 21, 2026
Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Reserved
May 30, 2026

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Description

Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. Prior to 3.6.15 and 3.7.2, Joplin accepts synchronized resource metadata whose id or file_extension contains parent-directory or path-separator characters. BaseItem.unserialize() stores the unvalidated fields, resourceFilename() concatenates them into a destination path, and ResourceFetcher writes the attacker-controlled resource blob outside the resource directory during background synchronization. An attacker with write access to a configured sync target or shared notebook can create or overwrite files at an attacker-chosen existing path without user interaction. This issue is fixed in versions 3.6.15 and 3.7.2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:LGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
joplinlaurent22
  • < 3.6.15Affected
  • >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.2Affected

References

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