CWE-42 Path Equivalence: 'filename.' (Trailing Dot)
variantThe product accepts path input in the form of trailing dot ('filedir.') without appropriate validation, which can lead to ambiguous path resolution and allow an attacker to traverse the file system to unintended locations or access arbitrary files.
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| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
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| CVE-2021-21682US | medium4.3 | — | ||
Jenkins 2.314 and earlier, LTS 2.303.1 and earlier accepts names of jobs and other entities with a trailing dot character, potentially replacing the configuration and data of other… | ||||
| CVE-2026-52884US | — | — | ||
Notepad++ is a free and open-source source code editor. In v8.9.6.1, isInTrustedDirectory() does NOT canonicalize the path before checking. It uses a prefix-based check (PathIsPref… | ||||
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