# CVE-2026-120324: Aklivity Zilla http-filesystem Binding FileSystemServerFactory Path.resolve path traversal

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

A weakness has been identified in Aklivity Zilla up to 1.3.4/2.4.7/2.5.0-rc2. The affected element is the function Path.resolve of the file FileSystemServerFactory of the component http-filesystem Binding. This manipulation of the argument params causes path traversal. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 2.5.0-rc3 is sufficient to fix this issue. Patch name: 46a8b15cbea157f7ae8b7cb865809a02fd6b1988. You should upgrade the affected component.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Aklivity / Zilla: 1.3.0 (affected); 1.3.1 (affected); 1.3.2 (affected); 1.3.3 (affected); 1.3.4 (affected); 2.4.0 (affected); 2.4.1 (affected); 2.4.2 (affected); 2.4.3 (affected); 2.4.4 (affected); 2.4.5 (affected); 2.4.6 (affected); 2.4.7 (affected); 2.5.0-rc1 (affected); 2.5.0-rc2 (affected); 2.5.0-rc3 (unaffected). Source: CNA: VulDB

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 6.9 (medium); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:P; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.1: 8.3 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.0: 8.3 (high); CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 2.0: 7.5 (high); AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/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/Zilla_Http_Filesystem_Binding_Path_Traversal.md (CNA: VulDB)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/429656 (CNA: VulDB; vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/429656/cti (CNA: VulDB; signature, permissions-required)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-120324 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1015032 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

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

- https://github.com/aklivity/zilla/pull/2623 (CNA: VulDB; issue-tracking, patch)

- https://github.com/aklivity/zilla/commit/46a8b15cbea157f7ae8b7cb865809a02fd6b1988 (CNA: VulDB; patch)

- https://github.com/aklivity/zilla/releases/tag/2.5.0-rc3 (CNA: VulDB; patch)

- https://github.com/aklivity/zilla/ (CNA: VulDB; product)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulDB: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120324; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

Revision: ceaf9a52f59b1079bb14c50fbc8e8e532539d553c81375a05942a07dd2e87433

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-120324