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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-14056

ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 is prone to a path traversal flaw via ../ in a web skin name to access files outside of the intended skins directories.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.02%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.02%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 is prone to a path traversal flaw via ../ in a web skin name to access files outside of the intended skins directories.

CVSS 3.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
2.02% probability · 81th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
znc/znc · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 2.02%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 2.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.