Vulnerability · Published Jun 5, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-49466
Medium 5.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in aerc from rjarry. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
aerc before 93bec0d allows directory traversal in commands/msgview/open.go because of direct path concatenation of the name of an attachment part,
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | aerc | 1.21.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-49466 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | aerc | 1.21.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-49466 |
| Debian:13 | aerc | 0.20.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49466 |
| Debian:14 | aerc | 0.20.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49466 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | aerc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-49466 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | aerc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-49466 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | aerc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-49466 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-23 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N