Path Traversal in Radare 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: 0.002 (12.2th 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
- Radare Radare2
- Radareorg Radare2 — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- Pull Request (issue-tracking, Exploit, technical-description, exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- Patch Commit (issue-tracking, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-6940?
- CVE-2026-6940 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radare 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.