What is CVE-2026-6940?

CVE-2026-6940 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radareorg Radare2, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-6940?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Radareorg Radare2

CVE-2026-6940

radare2 prior to 6.1.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability in project deletion that allows local attackers to recursively delete arbitrary directories by supplying absolute paths that escape the configured dir.projects root directory…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.000 (9.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Radareorg Radare2 — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

Pull Request (technical-description, exploit)
Patch Commit (issue-tracking)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/radare2-project-deletion-path-traversal-directory-… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-6940?: CVE-2026-6940 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radareorg Radare2, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-6940?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.