Withdrawn: this CVE is not a vulnerability
The assigning CNA withdrew CVE-2026-71269 on 16 September 2026, and it carries the Rejected state at CVE.org and NVD. It must not be treated as a live finding. Its pre-withdrawal severity, score and exploitability are withheld below; the record itself is kept because withdrawals are reversible and because the reject reason is the correction worth publishing.
CVE-2026-71269
Node-RED Library API Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Read/Write
Description
Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 5, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 16, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
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Source :
309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | |||||
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c |
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CVE Rejected by 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
Sep. 16, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
Sep. 16, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Node-RED's local-filesystem library storage module (getLibraryEntry and saveLibraryEntry in packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/storage/localfilesystem/library.js), reachable via GET/POST /library/:lib/:type/*path, joins the user-supplied path parameter directly into the filesystem path via fspath.join(libDir, type, path) with no traversal sanitization, containment check, or path normalization/prefix verification. Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. Removed CVSS V3.1 TuranSec: AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Removed CWE TuranSec: CWE-22 Added Affected Affected value removed. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/71xxx/CVE-2026-71269.json">CVE-2026-71269</a> Removed Reference TuranSec: https://github.com/node-red/node-red Removed Reference TuranSec: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/storage/localfilesystem/library.js -
CVE Modified by 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
Aug. 10, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Node-RED's local-filesystem library storage module (getLibraryEntry() and saveLibraryEntry() in packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/storage/localfilesystem/library.js), reachable via GET/POST /library/:lib/:type/*path, joins the user-supplied path parameter directly into the filesystem path via fspath.join(libDir, type, path) with no traversal sanitization, containment check, or path normalization/prefix verification. An authenticated user (including read-only-scoped tokens for the read path) can supply a path containing `../` sequences to read arbitrary files outside the library directory; a user with write access can write arbitrary files, enabling remote code execution via SSH authorized_keys or cron injection. This is a distinct, separately unpatched traversal from the previously fixed CVE-2021-21298 (Projects API). Node-RED's local-filesystem library storage module (getLibraryEntry and saveLibraryEntry in packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/storage/localfilesystem/library.js), reachable via GET/POST /library/:lib/:type/*path, joins the user-supplied path parameter directly into the filesystem path via fspath.join(libDir, type, path) with no traversal sanitization, containment check, or path normalization/prefix verification. -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Aug. 05, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-71269', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'total'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-08-05T15:42:16.473656Z'} -
New CVE Received by 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
Aug. 05, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Affected [{'vendor': 'node-red', 'product': 'node-red', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '0', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '*'}], 'programFiles': ['packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/storage/localfilesystem/library.js'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}] Added Description Node-RED's local-filesystem library storage module (getLibraryEntry() and saveLibraryEntry() in packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/storage/localfilesystem/library.js), reachable via GET/POST /library/:lib/:type/*path, joins the user-supplied path parameter directly into the filesystem path via fspath.join(libDir, type, path) with no traversal sanitization, containment check, or path normalization/prefix verification. An authenticated user (including read-only-scoped tokens for the read path) can supply a path containing `../` sequences to read arbitrary files outside the library directory; a user with write access can write arbitrary files, enabling remote code execution via SSH authorized_keys or cron injection. This is a distinct, separately unpatched traversal from the previously fixed CVE-2021-21298 (Projects API). Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-22 Added Reference https://github.com/node-red/node-red Added Reference https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/storage/localfilesystem/library.js