Critical 9.2Published Jan 2, 2026

CVE-2026-21440AdonisJS Path Traversal in Multipart File Handling

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 2:00 PM ET)

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AdonisJS is a TypeScript-first web framework. A Path Traversal vulnerability in AdonisJS multipart file handling may allow a remote attacker to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations on the server filesystem. This impacts @adonisjs/bodyparser through version 10.1.1 and 11.x prerelease versions prior to 11.0.0-next.6. This issue has been patched in @adonisjs/bodyparser versions 10.1.2 and 11.0.0-next.6.

CVSS: 9.2 CRITICAL (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jan 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

adonisjs core adonisjs:core (from the name)	before 10.1.2; from 11.0.0-next.0, < 11.0.0-next.6	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/adonisjs/core/security/advisories/GHSA-gvq6-hvvp-h34h	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/adonisjs/bodyparser/commit/143a16f35602be8561215611582211dec280cae6	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/adonisjs/bodyparser/commit/6795c0e3fa824ae275bbd992aae60609e96f0f03	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/adonisjs/bodyparser/releases/tag/v10.1.2	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/adonisjs/bodyparser/releases/tag/v11.0.0-next.6	x-refsource-misc

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