CVE-2026-3838

HIGH

Unraid - Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Update Request Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Unraid Update Request Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Unraid. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the update.php file. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-28951.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_research-advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-171/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0076
EPSS Percentile 50.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
unraid/unraid 7.2.3
Unraid/Unraid 7.2.3
Published Mar 16, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 16, 2026