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CVE-2025-66905
A remote attacker can include ../ sequences in the request path to escape the configured base directory and read arbitrary files from the host system.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.59%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Takes web framework's TkFiles take thru 2.0-SNAPSHOT fails to canonicalize HTTP request paths before resolving them against the filesystem. A remote attacker can include ../ sequences in the request path to escape the configured base directory and read arbitrary files from the host system.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- takes/tkfiles
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/Xzzz111/public_cve_report/blob/main/CVE-2025-66905_report.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/yegor256/takesProduct
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.