CVE-2026-42888

MEDIUM

Audiobookshelf: Path Traversal vulnerability in the audiobookshelf project

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.32.2, the podcast creation endpoint at server/controllers/PodcastController.js accepts a user-controlled file path without sufficient boundary validation to ensure it remains within the intended library directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.32.2.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v4 6.9
EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 24.7%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
advplyr/audiobookshelf < 2.33.2
Published May 11, 2026
Tracked Since May 12, 2026