CVE-2026-118756
Description
A flaw was found in gopass. A path traversal vulnerability in the filesystem storage backend allows directory traversal sequences to escape storage boundaries. An attacker with write access to a shared password store can introduce crafted entry names, causing arbitrary directories outside the intended store to be deleted when a user performs a recursive removal command.
Statement
This vulnerability is rated as having Moderate impact because exploitation requires collaborator access to modify a shared repository alongside explicit local user interaction to trigger recursive deletion. Gopass is not shipped or supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, restricting exposure primarily to Fedora and EPEL environments. The blast radius is constrained to the filesystem permissions of the executing user without granting code execution or elevated privileges.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability
Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
The attacker may be able to create or overwrite critical files that are used to execute code, such as programs or libraries.
Integrity
Technical Impact: Modify Files or Directories
The attacker may be able to overwrite or create critical files, such as programs, libraries, or important data. If the targeted file is used for a security mechanism, then the attacker may be able to bypass that mechanism. For example, appending a new account at the end of a password file may allow an attacker to bypass authentication.
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Files or Directories
The attacker may be able to read the contents of unexpected files and expose sensitive data. If the targeted file is used for a security mechanism, then the attacker may be able to bypass that mechanism. For example, by reading a password file, the attacker could conduct brute force password guessing attacks in order to break into an account on the system.
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
The attacker may be able to overwrite, delete, or corrupt unexpected critical files such as programs, libraries, or important data. This may prevent the product from working at all and in the case of protection mechanisms such as authentication, it has the potential to lock out product users.
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