CVE-2026-55629

avwo whistleVulnerabilityCVSS 8.7

Whistle is an HTTP, HTTP2, HTTPS, and WebSocket debugging proxy. Prior to 2.10.3, lib/service/service.js handles GET /cgi-bin/temp/get by reading req.query.filename, joining it to TEMP_FILES_PATH only when it matches the temporary file pattern, and otherwise passing the user-supplied filename directly to getFile, allowing a remote attacker to read arbitrary files such as /etc/passwd. This issue is reported as fixed in version 2.10.3.

No public exploitation has been reported so far. No distribution fix is listed yet; apply vendor mitigations and monitor.

Recommended action: Track your distribution's security tracker and apply the fix as soon as it ships.

CVE-2026-55629 avwo whistle Vulnerability

Severity metrics

CVSS 4.0 : 8.7 HIGH

Attack vectorNetwork (remote)

Attack complexityLow

Attack requirementsNone

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactNone

Availability impactNone

Subsequent confidentialityNone

Subsequent integrityNone

Subsequent availabilityNone

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected & fixed versions by distribution

Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.

No affected package in the tracked watchlist yet (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, SUSE, Red Hat...). Triage may still be pending.

Sources

Advisory NVD CVE.org

Published 2026-07-16 · updated 2026-07-26 · source: NVD