Pake arbitrary file write via unsanitized download_file filename
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Pake before 3.13.1 joins the JavaScript-supplied filename for the download_file Tauri command onto the user's Downloads directory with no sanitization. A filename containing path traversal sequences (for example ../Library/LaunchAgents/com.evil.plist) or an absolute path resolves outside ~/Downloads. The command then fetches attacker-controlled content from the supplied URL (via Rust HTTP, not the browser) and writes it to that path. A script that can invoke the command can overwrite user-writable files and install persistence (macOS LaunchAgents, Linux autostart, Windows Startup), leading to code execution in the user account. All desktop apps generated from an affected Pake tree expose the same command.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Pake (tw93) Fixed in 3.13.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82635
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9r73-w272-42v3
- 2026-10-27 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More tw93 vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-63786 Pake grants unrestricted IPC access to every HTTPS origin loaded in generated applications CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-82635 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-82635 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9r73-w272-42v3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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