Algernon is a small self-contained pure-Go web server. Prior to 1.17.8, when algernon is started with --domain (or --letsencrypt, which silently turns on --domain at engine/flags.go:372), the request handler resolves the served directory by joining the configured --dir with the value of the client-supplied Host header. The join is performed by filepath.Join with no validation, so a Host: .. header walks one level above the document root. Subsequent file resolution then exposes everything in that parent directory — arbitrary file read, full directory listing, and, if any .lua file is present, server-side Lua execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.8.
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History
26 May 2026, 18:16
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26 May 2026, 17:16
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Information
Published : 2026-05-26 17:16
Updated : 2026-05-26 19:26
NVD link : CVE-2026-48126
Mitre link : CVE-2026-48126
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48126
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