CVE-2026-35583 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-35583: Emissary has a Path Traversal via Blacklist Bypass in Configuration API

Vendor Nationalsecurityagency
Product emissary
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published April 7, 2026
Last update April 9, 2026

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Emissary is a P2P based data-driven workflow engine. Prior to 8.39.0, the configuration API endpoint (/api/configuration/{name}) validated configuration names using a blacklist approach that checked for \, /, .., and trailing .. This could potentially be bypassed using URL-encoded variants, double-encoding, or Unicode normalization to achieve path traversal and read configuration files outside the intended directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.39.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 7, 2026 CVE published
April 9, 2026 Record updated