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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2026-35583 json

Emissary has a Path Traversal via Blacklist Bypass in Configuration API

published 2026-04-07 7 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also GHSA-hxf2-gm22-7vcm , EUVD-2026-19732

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Emissary is a P2P based data-driven workflow engine. Prior to 8.39.0, the configuration API endpoint (/api/configuration/{name}) validated configuration names using a blacklist approach that checked for \, /, .., and trailing .. This could potentially be bypassed using URL-encoded variants, double-encoding, or Unicode normalization to achieve path traversal and read configuration files outside the intended directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.39.0.

Patch / fix

  • maven gov.nsa.emissary:emissary 8.39.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
7 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary/security/advisories/GHSA-hxf2-gm22-7vcm referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven gov.nsa.emissary:emissary
<8.39.0
8.39.0

Affected products

  • NationalSecurityAgency emissary

Classification

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

References

Sources

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