Vulnerability · Published May 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-9472dazeb markdown-downloader index.ts create_subdirectory path traversal

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in markdown-downloader from dazeb. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw has been found in dazeb markdown-downloader up to 3d4394b34b6c99d81af817623af55e3384df5a6a. Affected is the function download_markdown/list_downloaded_files/create_subdirectory of the file src/index.ts. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
dazeb	markdown-downloader	3d4394b34b6c99d81af817623af55e3384df5a6a

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-365453 | dazeb markdown-downloader index.ts create_subdirectory path traversal vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-365453 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #814000 | dazeb markdown-downloader 3d4394b34b6c99d81af817623af55e3384df5a6a Path Traversal third-party-advisory
https://github.com/dazeb/markdown-downloader/issues/12 exploit, issue-tracking
https://github.com/dazeb/markdown-downloader/ product