Path Traversal in Takes Tkfiles
CVE-2025-66905
The Takes web framework's TkFiles take thru 2.0-SNAPSHOT fails to canonicalize HTTP request paths before resolving them against the filesystem. A remote attacker can include ../ sequences in the request path to escape the configured base directory and read arbitrary files from the host system.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Takes Tkfiles — versions 2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/yegor256/takes (Product)
- github.com/Xzzz111/public_cve_report/blob/main/CVE-2025-66905_report.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-66905?
- CVE-2025-66905 is a high-severity vulnerability in Takes Tkfiles, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-12-19.
- How severe is CVE-2025-66905?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.