Koodo Reader through 2.4.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the self-hosted HTTP server's OPDS handlers that allows authenticated…
CVE-2026-121544
Koodo Reader through 2.4.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the self-hosted HTTP server's OPDS handlers that allows authenticated attackers to read files outside the upload directory. Attackers can upload a crafted books.db with a cover value containing ../ sequences, then request /opds/cover/{key} to read files accessible to the server process.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 6.9 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 3 November 2026
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
- Affected
- koodo-reader · koodo-reader
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/koodo-reader/koodo-reader/issues/1654
- https://github.com/koodo-reader/koodo-reader
- https://github.com/koodo-reader/koodo-reader/commit/cbc79a1ab5cbbd61c8252d6ab3cc6dbb694663b8
- https://github.com/koodo-reader/koodo-reader/blob/v2.4.6/httpserver/opds.go#L167-L194
- https://github.com/koodo-reader/koodo-reader/blob/v2.4.6/httpserver/opds.go#L384-L431
- https://github.com/koodo-reader/koodo-reader/compare/205539043b0a2afd9fd8bf99ef8434bd1833c2bf...cbc79a1ab5cbbd61c8252d6ab3cc6dbb694663b8
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/koodo-reader-through-2.4.6-path-traversal-via-opds-cover-and-download-handlers
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