CVE-2026-43616
HighWhat is CVE-2026-43616?
Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS 3.1Requires local access — attacker must be logged in or have physical access to the device.
No special conditions required. Exploit can be performed reliably and repeatedly.
No authentication required. Any anonymous user can exploit this vulnerability.
Victim must take an action (e.g. click a link, open a file) for the exploit to succeed.
Exploiting the vulnerability only affects the vulnerable component itself.
No confidentiality impact. Sensitive data is not exposed.
Complete loss of integrity. Attacker can modify any file or data on the component.
Complete denial of service. The component becomes fully unavailable.
FAQ
CVE-2026-43616 has a CVSS score of 7.1/10, rated as High. This is a high severity vulnerability and should be patched as soon as possible.
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) rates vulnerability severity from 0.0 to 10.0. CVE-2026-43616 scores 7.1/10 (High). Scores 9.0–10.0 are Critical, 7.0–8.9 are High, 4.0–6.9 are Medium, and below 4.0 are Low.
The list of devices confirmed to be affected by CVE-2026-43616 is shown in the "Affected Devices" section above. Check your firmware version against the vendor security advisory and apply the latest patch.
Apply the latest firmware or software update from the vendor. Check the References section above for official advisories and patch notes. If no patch is available, consider disabling the affected feature or isolating the device from untrusted networks.