Vulnerability · Published Sep 24, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-96884MantisZip Preview MainWindow.UI.cs Path.Combine path traversal
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in MantisZip. 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).
Official description
A security flaw has been discovered in MantisZip up to 0.4.5. Affected by this issue is the function Path.Combine of the file MainWindow.UI.cs of the component Preview. The manipulation results in path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-409081 | MantisZip Preview MainWindow.UI.cs Path.Combine path traversal vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-409081 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-96884 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #906093 | 螳螂卜禅 MantisZip 0.4.5 Path Traversal third-party-advisory
- https://gitee.com/yhx070424/MantisZip/issues/IK4AHB exploit, issue-tracking