TI-2022-06069 Aliases CVE-2022-21693 GHSA-jgm9-xpfj-4fq6

Path traversal in Onionshare

LOW 31CWE-22Published 2022-01-18 · Updated 2025-04-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions an adversary with a primitive that allows for filesystem access from the context of the Onionshare process can access sensitive files in the entire user home folder. This could lead to the leaking of sensitive data. Due to the automatic exclusion of hidden folders, the impact is reduced. This can be mitigated by usage of the flatpak release.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01161 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed onionshare (onionshare): 2.5onionshare-cli (PyPI): 2.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
onionshare	onionshare	before 2.5	2.5	Patch available	CNA
—	onionshare-cli (PyPI)	2.3 to before 2.5	2.5	Patch available	GHSA-jgm9-xpfj-4fq6

onionshare Vendoronionshare Affected before 2.5 Fixed in 2.5 Patch available CNA
onionshare-cli (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.3 to before 2.5 Fixed in 2.5 Patch available GHSA-jgm9-xpfj-4fq6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:onionshare:onionshare::::::::	2.3 to before 2.5	Vulnerable	onionshare

cpe:2.3:a:onionshare:onionshare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3 to before 2.5 Vulnerable ·onionshare

Remediation

Fix · CNA onionshare (onionshare) Fixed in 2.5
Fix · GHSA-jgm9-xpfj-4fq6 onionshare-cli (PyPI) Fixed in 2.5 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-21693
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jgm9-xpfj-4fq6

References

Advisory 3

Other 2

TI-2022-06066 Cross-Site Scripting in Onionshare CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
TI-2022-06068 Improper Access Control in Onionshare CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2021-18479 OnionShare 2.3 before 2.4 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to upload files on a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-06065 Denial of Service in Onionshare CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-06064 Out-of-bounds Read in Onionshare CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2018-14146 The debug_mode function in web/web.py in OnionShare through 1.3.1, when --debug is… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.0

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Sources

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