CVE-2026-40611 | go-acme lego up to 4.33.x path traversal (GHSA-qqx8-2xmm-jrv8)

VDB-358553 · CVE-2026-40611 · GHSA-QQX8-2XMM-JRV8 GO-ACME LEGO UP TO 4.33.X PATH TRAVERSAL HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 7.4 $0-$5k 0.58+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in go-acme lego up to 4.33.x. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-40611. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Detailsinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in go-acme lego up to 4.33.x. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is: Let's Encrypt client and ACME library written in Go (Lego). Prior to 4.34.0, the webroot HTTP-01 challenge provider in lego is vulnerable to arbitrary file write and deletion via path traversal. A malicious ACME server can supply a crafted challenge token containing ../ sequences, causing lego to write attacker-influenced content to any path writable by the lego process. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.34.0. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-40611 since 04/14/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue. Upgrading to version 4.34.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Productinfo Vendor go-acme Name lego Version 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 Website Product: https://github.com/go-acme/lego/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4 VulDB Base Score: 6.3 VulDB Temp Score: 6.0 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 8.8 CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Path traversal CWE: CWE-22 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Upgrade Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Upgrade: lego 4.34.0 Timelineinfo 04/14/2026 CVE reserved 04/21/2026 +7 days Advisory disclosed 04/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Product: github.com Advisory: GHSA-qqx8-2xmm-jrv8 Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-40611 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-40611 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-358553 Entryinfo Created: 04/21/2026 20:56 Changes: 04/21/2026 20:56 (64) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:0C5:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸