{"id":"CVE-2026-108723","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-108723","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:00:57.766Z","title":"answer-me-with-html through 0.5.0 contains a link following vulnerability in the am CLI code block src= embedding, where localPath() checks only path text without resolving symlinks.","description":"answer-me-with-html through 0.5.0 contains a link following vulnerability in the am CLI code block src= embedding, where localPath() checks only path text without resolving symlinks. Attackers can ship a repository with a symlink pointing outside the checkout so am render embeds readable external files into generated HTML, disclosing them when shared.","published":"2026-10-11T13:17:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-18T12:17:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":2,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00136,"percentile":0.03029,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-12","score":0.00136,"percentile":0.02643}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-11T13:17:16.000Z","detail":{"score":"2.0","severity":"LOW","publishedAt":"2026-10-11T13:17:15.840Z"},"summary":"New CVE, low severity (CVSS 2.0)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/QingYunA/answer-me-with-html","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/QingYunA/answer-me-with-html/blob/b275eba8d4cc49bcb4bbc28459863f4b49a480f9/src/code.js#L74-L105","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://hackmd.io/@haind/answer-me-with-html-code-src-symlink-escape","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/answer-me-with-html-through-0.5.0-symlink-following-in-code-block-src-embedding","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108723","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}