Typora Local File Disclosure

published 2023-08-19 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-33820

cvss: 7.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper path handling in Typora before 1.6.7 on Windows and Linux allows a crafted webpage to access local files and exfiltrate them to remote web servers via "typora://app/<absolute-path>".

This vulnerability can be exploited if a user opens a malicious markdown file in Typora, or copies text from a malicious webpage and paste it into Typora.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Typora Typora 1.6.7

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-07)

Exploit prediction

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

starlabs.sg https://starlabs.sg/advisories/23/23-2316/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Typora Typora

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

starlabs.sg /advisories/23/23-2316/
third-party-advisory, exploit, mitigation
support.typora.io /What's-New-1.6/
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-2316
NVD CVE-2023-2316

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary