What is CVE-2026-55201?

CVE-2026-55201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hackplayers Evil-winrm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-55201?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Hackplayers Evil-winrm

CVE-2026-55201

Evil-WinRM through 3.9, fixed in commit 6ecd570, contains a path traversal vulnerability in the download_dir() function that allows a rogue or compromised remote Windows server to write files outside the intended download directory by retu…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Hackplayers Evil-winrm — versions 0, 6ecd570a298562dc72ad73978307eb34182f5850

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (issue-tracking)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (patch)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-55201?: CVE-2026-55201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hackplayers Evil-winrm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-55201?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.