Path traversal in Roundcube Webmail squirrelmail_usercopy plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-23 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Roundcube Webmail from 1.6.0 before 1.6.20 and from 1.7.0 before 1.7.5 contains a path traversal flaw (CWE-23) in the squirrelmail_usercopy plugin. With the file based backend, the source path is built from the login name without rejecting path separators, so a login name containing a slash can read and import files outside the configured squirrelmail_data_dir. A remote attacker with low privileges can exploit this under high attack complexity to read files the server can access.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Roundcube Webmail before 1.6.20 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 is affected by a path traversal vulnerability in the squirrelmail_usercopy plugin. With the file based backend, the source path was built from the login name without rejecting path separators, so a login name containing a slash could cause files outside the configured squirrelmail_data_dir to be read and imported. Upstream fixed this in the commit “Fix unsafe use of a login name in SquirrelMail import file path”, which rejects login names containing a slash.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
Upgrade Roundcube Webmail to version 1.6.20 or 1.7.5. The upstream fix rejects login names containing a slash.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Webmail (Roundcube) Fixed in 1.6.20, 1.7.5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Roundcube Webmail — roundcube.net/news/2026/10/19/security-updates-1.6.20-and-1…
20 records Highest priority Priority LOW 20 LOW
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- TI-2026-79182 Improper authentication in Roundcube Webmail multi-host alias loginsPriority LOW 37
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-22 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-114714
- 2026-10-22 Alias added: GHSA-748m-7gjm-2xw3
- 2026-10-28 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Patch 4
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/dbdfcac498164bcacb7ce273b6341678dd70c166
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.7.5
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.20
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/15fd175d154311ca7f59cf696c6cc39471611aa6
More Roundcube vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-31204 Deserialization of untrusted data in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2021-19778 Roundcube before 1.3.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 is prone to a potential SQL injection via search or search_params. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-10051 rcube_image.php in Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28025 A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2017-12250 Roundcube Webmail before 1.1.10, 1.2.x before 1.2.7, and 1.3.x before 1.3.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-41994 Cross-site scripting in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-114714 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-114714 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-748m-7gjm-2xw3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-114714 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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