Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-116046eventcatalog sdk Custom Documentation Helpers custom-docs.ts rmCustomDoc path traversal
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in sdk from eventcatalog. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A flaw has been found in eventcatalog sdk up to 2.29.0. This vulnerability affects the function getCustomDoc/writeCustomDoc/rmCustomDoc of the file packages/sdk/src/custom-docs.ts of the component Custom Documentation Helpers. This manipulation of the argument options.path causes path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. Upgrading to version 2.30.0 is able to resolve this issue. Patch name: a4f072a03f440d58230092e88d8b4893f4c6d6ca. The affected component should be upgraded. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| eventcatalog | sdk | 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.62.7 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-426122 | eventcatalog sdk Custom Documentation Helpers custom-docs.ts rmCustomDoc path traversal vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-426122 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-116046 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #994176 | EventCatalog @eventcatalog/sdk 2.29.0 Path Traversal third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/event-catalog/eventcatalog/pull/2936 issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/event-catalog/eventcatalog/commit/a4f072a03f440d58230092e88d8b4893f4c6d6ca patch
- https://github.com/event-catalog/eventcatalog/releases/tag/%40eventcatalog%2Fsdk%402.30.0 patch