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openhole-server vulnerable to path traversal via URL-decoded request path

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 8, 2026 in bablilayoub/openhole • Updated Jul 28, 2026

Package

gomod github.com/bablilayoub/openhole (Go)

Affected versions

<= 0.1.1

Patched versions

0.1.2

Description

Summary

openhole-server forwarded the URL-decoded request path (r.URL.Path) to tunnel clients instead of the original request-target. Percent-encoded dot-segments (%2e) and separators (%2f) were decoded to ../ and / before reaching the local service.

Go's ServeMux rejects literal ../ paths, but percent-encoded traversal sequences bypassed this and were delivered to backends as working path traversal.

Impact

An unauthenticated remote attacker could read files outside the published web root on tunneled local services that resolve paths without canonicalization.

Example:

  • /%2e%2e/secret.txt → file outside web root
  • /%2e%2e/%2e%2e/etc/passwd → sensitive files

Encoded slashes (/a%2fb) could also bypass path-based access controls.

Fix

v0.1.2 forwards r.URL.EscapedPath() on the server and preserves the request-target on the CLI client.

Users should upgrade both openhole-server and the openhole CLI to v0.1.2 or later.

References

@bablilayoub bablilayoub published to bablilayoub/openhole Jun 8, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 28, 2026
Reviewed Jul 28, 2026
Last updated Jul 28, 2026

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(29th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-54650

GHSA ID

GHSA-fh2f-xfxc-q9cc

Source code

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