# CVE-2026-120322: Termix-SSH Termix transferToHost path traversal

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-02. Updated: 2026-11-02.

A vulnerability was identified in Termix-SSH Termix up to 2.9.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /plugin-api/file-manager/transferToHost. The manipulation of the argument destPath leads to path traversal. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The shortcut was removed in the standalone File Manager plugin v1.0.0 (transfer engine now always writes over SFTP) and in core v26.10.0. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Termix-SSH / Termix: 2.9.0 (affected); 2.9.1 (affected); 2.9.2 (affected). Source: CNA: VulDB

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 9.4 (critical); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.1: 9.9 (critical); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.0: 9.9 (critical); CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 2.0: 9 (critical); AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-22

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://github.com/0xGenesi/CVE/blob/main/Termix_FileManager_transferToHost_Arbitrary_File_Write.md (CNA: VulDB)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/429654 (CNA: VulDB; vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/429654/cti (CNA: VulDB; signature, permissions-required)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-120322 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1015028 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://github.com/0xGenesi/CVE/blob/main/Termix_FileManager_transferToHost_Arbitrary_File_Write.md (CNA: VulDB; exploit)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulDB: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120322; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

Revision: c5bd8472a7a7667eba562bd2551cfa1cf8f761218e17044c21a1fdf91ed98647

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-120322