Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-33076

Path Traversal in Roxy-Wi ≤ 8.2.6.4

Public PoCPath Traversal
Published
24 April 2026
Modified
27 April 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 8.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0082 54th percentile
Risk Priority 46 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-33076 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Roxy-Wi Roxy-Wi. Its CVSS base score is 8.9 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 46% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2026-33076 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in the haproxy_section_save interface of Roxy-WI, a web interface for managing HAProxy, Nginx, Apache, and Keepalived servers. Affecting versions prior to 8.2.6.4, the flaw allows attackers to write arbitrary files into scheduled tasks, potentially leading to remote code execution. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating critical severity due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network by unauthenticated attackers with no privileges or user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables full remote code execution on the affected Roxy-WI server, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands, potentially compromising the managed load balancers and web servers.

Mitigation is available in Roxy-WI version 8.2.6.4, which addresses the issue through a specific commit. Security practitioners should upgrade to this patched version immediately. Relevant advisories and the fixing commit are detailed in the GitHub security advisory GHSA-mmgm-p9x9-h33j and commit aecc7971959092fa93e93531f1ffcde33524b031.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Roxy-WI is a web interface for managing Haproxy, Nginx, Apache and Keepalived servers. Prior to version 8.2.6.4, the haproxy_section_save interface presents a vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution due to path traversal and writing into scheduled tasks. Version…

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8.2.6.4 fixes the issue.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2026-23939Shared CWE-22
CVE-2024-7145Shared CWE-22
CVE-2023-42225Shared CWE-22
CVE-2024-33109Shared CWE-22

Affected Assets

roxy-wi
roxy-wi
≤ 8.2.6.4

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.3.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.

Input validation directly neutralizes special path elements before pathname construction occurs.

Least privilege reduces the impact of any unauthorized file access obtained via traversal.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.

PR.AA-05 none match
prevents

PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.

prevents

Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.

prevents

Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.

mitigates

Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.

References