CVE-2026-73255

Mongoose is an embedded web server and network library. Prior to 7.22, an attacker who can control an SSI-enabled file can place directory traversal sequences in an #include file or #include virtual directive. The mg_ssi() function in src/ssi.c concatenates the directive argument into a filesystem path without calling mg_path_is_sane(), allowing an MG_ENABLE_SSI deployment with ssi_pattern configured to disclose files readable by the Mongoose process. This issue is fixed in version 7.22.

Published 20 Aug 2026, 18:16 UTC Last modified 20 Aug 2026, 18:16 UTC

6.5

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

Attack profile

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Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

Availability None

Exploitability2.8

Impact3.6

Affected products

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Weakness classification

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CWECWE-22

Source references

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NVD National Vulnerability Database recordnvd.nist.gov 01 Technical reference security-advisories@github.com 02 Technical reference security-advisories@github.com 03 Technical reference security-advisories@github.com 04 Technical reference security-advisories@github.com