ArcadeDB versions before 26.8.1 fail to sanitize database names in the POST /api/v1/server endpoint's create database and drop database commands, allowing authenticated root users to write and delete arbitrary files outside the configured database directory. Attackers can supply database names containing ../ sequences to create databases at arbitrary filesystem paths or recursively delete directories the server process can access.
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Arcadedata
Arcadedata arcadedb
Vendors & Products Arcadedata
Arcadedata arcadedb

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Description ArcadeDB versions before 26.8.1 fail to sanitize database names in the POST /api/v1/server endpoint's create database and drop database commands, allowing authenticated root users to write and delete arbitrary files outside the configured database directory. Attackers can supply database names containing ../ sequences to create databases at arbitrary filesystem paths or recursively delete directories the server process can access.
Title ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 Path Traversal via create/drop database
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T11:19:57.922Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T11:03:08.682Z

Link: CVE-2026-75855

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-18T12:19:35.997

Modified: 2026-08-18T12:19:35.997

Link: CVE-2026-75855

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Updated: 2026-08-18T13:00:06Z