CVE-2026-32733

Halloy is an IRC application written in Rust. Prior to commit 0f77b2cfc5f822517a256ea5a4b94bad8bfe38b6, the DCC receive flow did not sanitize filenames from incoming `DCC SEND` requests. A remote IRC user could send a filename with path traversal sequences like `../../.ssh/authorized_keys` and the file would be written outside the user's configured `save_directory`. With auto-accept enabled this required zero interaction from the victim. Starting with commit 0f77b2cfc5f822517a256ea5a4b94bad8bfe38b6, all identified code paths sanitize filenames through a shared `sanitize_filename` function.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/squidowl/halloy/commit/0f77b2cfc5f822517a256ea5a4b94bad8bfe38b6	Patch
https://github.com/squidowl/halloy/security/advisories/GHSA-fqrv-rfg4-rv89	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:halloy:halloy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Mar 2026, 19:21

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:halloy:halloy::::::::
First Time		Halloy halloy Halloy
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.5
References	~~() https://github.com/squidowl/halloy/commit/0f77b2cfc5f822517a256ea5a4b94bad8bfe38b6 -~~	() https://github.com/squidowl/halloy/commit/0f77b2cfc5f822517a256ea5a4b94bad8bfe38b6 - Patch
References	~~() https://github.com/squidowl/halloy/security/advisories/GHSA-fqrv-rfg4-rv89 -~~	() https://github.com/squidowl/halloy/security/advisories/GHSA-fqrv-rfg4-rv89 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory

20 Mar 2026, 23:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-03-20 23:16

Updated : 2026-03-23 19:21

NVD link : CVE-2026-32733

Mitre link : CVE-2026-32733

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-32733

JSON object : View

Products Affected

halloy

halloy

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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