Advisory record · GHSA-xwcr-wm99-g9jc

Algernon: handler.lua discovery walks parent directories above the server root

CVSS 9.0 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.0044 · 38th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.0: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 19 May 2026, 14:36 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
github.com/xyproto/algernonGo<1.17.71.17.7
Identifiers
GHSA-xwcr-wm99-g9jc · CVE-2026-45721 · GO-2026-5772
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20 · CWE-426 · CWE-552
Published
19 May 2026
Updated
25 Jun 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.0 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0044, the 38th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:06 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:06 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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