CVE-2026-118485

8.1 HIGHpublic exploit available

Published 2026-10-28 · Updated 2026-10-28

AI analysis for this CVE has not been generated yet. Raw NVD data is shown below.

NVD description

Axel Download Accelerator 2.17.14 and earlier performs URL percent-decoding (http_decode()) on the output filename after the URL has been parsed and the filename component extracted. This allows an attacker to embed %2e%2e%2f (URL-encoded ../) sequences in the URL path. These sequences survive the URL parser intact (they contain no literal / characters) but are decoded into directory traversal sequences before the output file is opened for writing. As a result, a crafted URL can cause axel to write downloaded content to arbitrary filesystem paths relative to the current working directory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-24

Public exploit & PoC references

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