# CVE-2026-120325: Webpro-nl Knip Workspace IssueFixer.ts writeFile path traversal

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

A security vulnerability has been detected in Webpro-nl Knip up to 6.44.0. The impacted element is the function writeFile of the file packages/knip/src/IssueFixer.ts of the component Workspace Handler. Such manipulation of the argument workspaces leads to path traversal. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. 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

- Webpro-nl / Knip: 6.0 (affected); 6.1 (affected); 6.2 (affected); 6.3 (affected); 6.4 (affected); 6.5 (affected); 6.6 (affected); 6.7 (affected); 6.8 (affected); 6.9 (affected); 6.10 (affected); 6.11 (affected); 6.12 (affected); 6.13 (affected); 6.14 (affected); 6.15 (affected); 6.16 (affected); 6.17 (affected); 6.18 (affected); 6.19 (affected); 6.20 (affected); 6.21 (affected); 6.22 (affected); 6.23 (affected); 6.24 (affected); 6.25 (affected); 6.26 (affected); 6.27 (affected); 6.28 (affected); 6.29 (affected); 6.30 (affected); 6.31 (affected); 6.32 (affected); 6.33 (affected); 6.34 (affected); 6.35 (affected); 6.36 (affected); 6.37 (affected); 6.38 (affected); 6.39 (affected); 6.40 (affected); 6.41 (affected); 6.42 (affected); 6.43 (affected); 6.44.0 (affected). Source: CNA: VulDB

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 5.3 (medium); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.1: 6.3 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.0: 6.3 (medium); CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/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: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/Knip_Workspaces_Config_Path_Traversal_File_Deletion_Overwrite.md (CNA: VulDB)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/429657 (CNA: VulDB; vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/429657/cti (CNA: VulDB; signature, permissions-required)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-120325 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1015033 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

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

## Provenance

- CNA: VulDB: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120325; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

Revision: 5c0868c655cfe465969668af05a8700ebe883f79de208cb630ad3c80d22f3e92

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-120325