CVE-2026-42549 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-42549: Flight: Path traversal in `make:controller` CLI creates arbitrary directories outside project root

Vendor Flightphp
Product core
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published May 13, 2026
Last update May 14, 2026

CVSS base score

4.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Flight is an extensible micro-framework for PHP. Prior to 3.18.1, the make:controller CLI command calls mkdir(..., recursive: true) on a path built from the user-supplied controller name, before Nette's class-name validation runs. The class-file write is correctly rejected by Nette when the name contains /, but the recursive directory creation side effect is already committed — including directories located outside the project root through ../ traversal. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.18.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 13, 2026 CVE published
May 14, 2026 Record updated