CVE-2026-103088

high

Description

Handlebars.java before 4.5.5 allows directory traversal. In handlebars-springmvc 4.5.3 and 4.5.4, the path-containment fix for CVE-2026-63490 validates template locations as raw percent-encoded strings, whereas the template file is opened through a URL handler that percent-decodes the path. In a Spring MVC application with a file: template prefix and a request-derived view name, a percent-encoded traversal such as %2e%2e/ bypasses both the view-resolver check and the loader-side containment and reads files outside the configured template base directory.

References

https://github.com/jknack/handlebars.java/security/advisories/GHSA-pvrx-3g7m-fpgv

https://github.com/jknack/handlebars.java/releases/tag/v4.5.5

https://github.com/jknack/handlebars.java/commit/f6ae3979917d05bef07f00befb4013ef00503660

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-30

Updated: 2026-09-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00689