CVE-2022-45969: Alist vulnerable to Path Traversal

December 16, 2022 (updated April 23, 2025)

In versions of Alist prior to 3.6.0, a user with only file upload permission can bypass the base path restriction by using ‘… /’ to bypass the base path restriction and upload files to an arbitrary path.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmg2-rph8-p8r6
github.com/alist-org/alist
github.com/alist-org/alist/commit/b5bf5f43253175b55fa2cb511fea601e677d2d83
github.com/alist-org/alist/issues/2449
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45969

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