Upstream information

CVE-2026-42448 at MITRE

Description

Magic Wormhole makes it possible to get arbitrary-sized files and directories from one computer to another. Prior to 0.24.0, there is a path traversal when a receiver who specifies "--output <dir>" where that output directory currently exists (as a directory). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub)
Base Score 3.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1272449 [NEW]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • python-magic-wormhole-bash-completion >= 0.24.0-1.1
  • python-magic-wormhole-fish-completion >= 0.24.0-1.1
  • python-magic-wormhole-zsh-completion >= 0.24.0-1.1
  • python313-magic-wormhole >= 0.24.0-1.1
  • python314-magic-wormhole >= 0.24.0-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-11370

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jul 24 11:35:10 2026
CVE page last modified: Sat Jul 25 11:40:28 2026