CVE-2026-21620
Relative Path Traversal, Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in erlang otp erlang/otp (tftp_file modules), erlang otp inets (tftp_file modules), erlang otp tftp (tftp_file modules) allows Relative Path Traversal.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Relative Path Traversal, Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in erlang otp erlang/otp (tftp_file modules), erlang otp inets (tftp_file modules), erlang otp tftp (tftp_file modules) allows Relative Path Traversal. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/tftp/src/tftp_file.erl, src/tftp_file.erl. This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 28.3.2, OTP 27.3.4.8 and OTP 26.2.5.17, corresponding to tftp from 1.0 before 1.2.4, 1.2.2.1 and 1.1.1.1; also inets from 5.10 before 7.0.
- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/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
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 44th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-23
- Source
- 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-21620.html
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/3970738f687325138eb75f798054fa8960ac354e
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/655fb95725ba2fb811740b57e106873833824344
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/696fdec922661d4a3cc528fc34bc24fae8d4ad8a
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10706
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-hmrc-prh3-rpvp
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-21620
- https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.