Directory Traversal Affecting aerc package, versions <0.20.0-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-AERC-10332657
  • published9 Jun 2025
  • disclosed5 Jun 2025

Introduced: 5 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-49466  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-23  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 aerc to version 0.20.0-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream aerc package and not the aerc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

aerc before 93bec0d allows directory traversal in commands/msgview/open.go because of direct path concatenation of the name of an attachment part,