CVE-2026-121546: Novik ruTorrent

ruTorrent before 5.3.20 Path Traversal via datadir Plugin Symlink Following

CVSS 6.0 MediumEPSS 0.0040 · 34th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 3 Nov 2026, 15:17 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Novik	ruTorrent	affected before 5.3.20 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-121546

CNA

VulnCheck

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-59

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.0	Medium	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
5.9	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L	CNA (VulnCheck)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0040, the 34th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

3 Nov 2026, 15:17 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
3 Nov 2026, 15:23 UTC First seen by agentprime
3 Nov 2026, 16:17 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/issues/3474 issue-tracking
github.com/Novik/ruTorrent product
github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/commit/2059ff12464b2ce14fd0f53df8d6b19fb6b8a5eb patch
github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/blob/v5.3.19/plugins/datadir/action.php#L60 technical-description
github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/blob/v5.3.19/php/settings.php#L526-L541 technical-description
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rutorrent-before-5.3.20-path-traversal-via-datadir-plugin-symlink-following third-party-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.