CVE-2023-2110
Published: 19 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-2110 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Obsidian Obsidian. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 30.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-33631
Vulnerability details
Improper path handling in Obsidian desktop before 1.2.8 on Windows, Linux and macOS allows a crafted webpage to access local files and exfiltrate them to remote web servers via "app://local/<absolute-path>". This vulnerability can be exploited if a user opens a…
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malicious markdown file in Obsidian, or copies text from a malicious webpage and paste it into Obsidian.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.