What is CVE-2026-40163?

CVE-2026-40163 is a high-severity vulnerability in Saltcorn, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-40163?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Saltcorn

CVE-2026-40163

Saltcorn is an extensible, open source, no-code database application builder. Prior to 1.4.5, 1.5.5, and 1.6.0-beta.4, the POST /sync/offline_changes endpoint allows an unauthenticated attacker to create arbitrary directories and write a c…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.002 (47.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Saltcorn — versions < 1.4.5, >= 1.5.0-beta.0, < 1.5.5, >= 1.6.0-alpha.0, < 1.6.0-beta.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn/security/advisories/GHSA-32pv-mpqg-h292 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40163?: CVE-2026-40163 is a high-severity vulnerability in Saltcorn, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-40163?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.