Vulnerability · Published Apr 23, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-6941radare2 < 6.1.4 Project Notes Path Traversal via Symlink
Medium 6.6
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in radare2 from radareorg. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
radare2 prior to 6.1.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability in its project notes handling that allows attackers to read or write files outside the configured project directory by importing a malicious .zrp archive containing a symlinked notes.txt file. Attackers can craft a .zrp archive with a symlinked notes.txt that bypasses directory confinement checks, allowing note operations to follow the symlink and access arbitrary files outside the dir.projects root directory.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | radare2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6941 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | radare2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6941 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | radare2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6941 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
References
- Pull Request issue-tracking
- Patch Commit patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/radare2-project-notes-path-traversal-via-symlink third-party-advisory