Directory Traversal Affecting yard package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-YARD-16639368
  • published11 May 2026
  • disclosed8 May 2026

Introduced: 8 May 2026

CVE-2026-41493  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:unstable yard.

NVD Description

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

YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. Prior to version 0.9.42, a path traversal vulnerability was discovered in YARD when using yard server to serve documentation. This bug would allow unsanitized HTTP requests to access arbitrary files on the machine of a yard server host under certain conditions. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.42.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1