{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-118485 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-118485 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-118485 is a high-severity vulnerability in Axel, published on 28 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-118485 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-118485 is a high-severity vulnerability in Axel, published on 28 Oct 2026. \nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-118485 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Axel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-118485/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-118485/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-118485","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-118485/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-118485","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-118485","GHSA-gww9-3rx9-535x"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":"OCD","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-24","name":"Path Traversal: '../filedir'"}],"description":"Axel Download Accelerator 2.17.14 and earlier performs URL percent-decoding (http_decode()) on the output filename after the URL has been parsed and the filename component extracted. This allows an attacker to embed %2e%2e%2f (URL-encoded ../) sequences in the URL path. These sequences survive the URL parser intact (they contain no literal / characters) but are decoded into directory traversal sequences before the output file is opened for writing. As a result, a crafted URL can cause axel to write downloaded content to arbitrary filesystem paths relative to the current working directory.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Axel Download Accelerator Path Traversal via URL Filename Decoding","id":"CVE-2026-118485","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Laravel MongoDB `whereDoesntHave` misses deny records for numeric string IDs","id":"CVE-2026-118510"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"KaliFast Project Management Platform ei_git_repo_url OS Command Injection","id":"CVE-2026-118477"},"products":["Axel"],"published":"2026-10-28","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-28","vendors":["Axel Download Accelerator"]},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-118485/"}