CVE-2026-45711
MEDIUMMailpit: Path traversal & arbitrary file write in mailpit dump --http via attacker-controlled message IDs
Title source: cnaDescription
Mailpit is an email testing tool and API for developers. Prior to version 1.30.0, the mailpit dump --http <base-url> <out-dir> sub-command downloads every message from a remote Mailpit instance and writes each one as <id>.eml inside the user-supplied output directory. The message ID field is taken verbatim from the JSON response of the remote server and concatenated into the output path with path.Join, which silently normalizes `..` segments. A malicious HTTP server impersonating Mailpit can therefore make mailpit dump write attacker-controlled bytes to any path the running user can write, fully outside the intended output directory. Version 1.30.0 contains a patch.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
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https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/security/advisories/GHSA-qx5x-85p8-vg4j
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https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/releases/tag/v1.30.0
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0031
EPSS Percentile
23.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-22
CWE-829
Status
published
Products (1)
axllent/mailpit
< 1.30.0 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Jul 20, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 20, 2026