Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-49103

Critical

Published: 27 May 2026

Published
27 May 2026
Modified
27 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 9.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/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 0.0030 22.1th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-49103 is a critical-severity Path Traversal: '../filedir' (CWE-24) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.4 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 22.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Webmin before 2.640 does not safely construct a filename for saving of an attachment within the mailboxes component. This occurs in mailboxes/detachall.cgi.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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.
Why these techniques?

Path traversal in Webmin mailboxes/detachall.cgi (public-facing web admin interface) directly enables exploitation of the application via crafted attachment filenames.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References