CVE-2026-88940

knowns through 0.33.0 Arbitrary Directory Enumeration via workspace browse endpoint

State: Published
Severity: 6.9 Medium
Published: Sep 10, 2026
Updated: Sep 11, 2026
Reserved: Sep 10, 2026

Description

knowns through 0.33.0 fails to validate the path query parameter in the workspace browse endpoint, allowing remote attackers to enumerate arbitrary directories on the host filesystem. Attackers can traverse the directory structure to locate project directories and identify targets for further exploitation.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.9 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	5.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
knownsknowns-dev	0.33.0 and earlierAffected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-h73x-698r-qrvg)vendor-advisory
https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/blob/v0.33.0/internal/server/routes/workspace.go#L42-L110technical-description
VulnCheck Advisory: knowns through 0.33.0 Arbitrary Directory Enumeration via workspace browse endpointthird-party-advisory

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