WhoDB 0.104.0 before 0.135.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary host files by running DuckDB filesystem functions through the query editor. Attackers can log in to a DuckDB file without credentials and use read_text, read_blob, COPY ... TO or ATTACH to steal session.key and stored database credentials or overwrite files.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:02
- First seenCVSS 9.2NVD modified 2026-10-18 12:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 7
- https://github.com/clidey/whodb/blob/0.134.0/core/src/plugins/duckdb/db.go#L73-L95
- https://github.com/clidey/whodb/blob/0.134.0/core/src/plugins/duckdb/duckdb.go#L375-L387
- https://github.com/clidey/whodb/commit/80111c9ebc2eec382222629ba9fd26236f1a40e6
- https://github.com/clidey/whodb/releases/tag/0.135.0
- https://github.com/clidey/whodb/security/advisories/GHSA-x3h5-pr45-fx4r
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/whodb-0.104.0-before-0.135.0-arbitrary-file-read-write-via-duckdb-query-editor
- https://github.com/clidey/whodb/security/advisories/GHSA-x3h5-pr45-fx4r