CVE-2026-86538: knowns-dev knowns

knowns before 0.30.0 Path Traversal via templateFile parameter

CVSS 8.7 HighEPSS 0.0098 · 62nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 7 Sept 2026, 23:03 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
knowns-dev	knowns pkg:npm/knowns	affected before 0.30.0 semver unaffected 0.30.0 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-86538

CNA

VulnCheck

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-22

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

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

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0098, the 62nd percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 7 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/security/advisories/GHSA-fpxv-c555-rhm3 vendor-advisory
github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/blob/v0.29.1/internal/server/routes/templates.go#L299-L310 technical-description
github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/commit/09c5a96fd5817b941dc86669278c1a17db10ed4e patch
github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/releases/tag/v0.30.0 release-notes
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/knowns-before-0.30.0-path-traversal-via-templatefile-parameter 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.