Path traversal in Readest upload overwrites other users' books
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Readest before 0.11.10 is affected. The upload route builds a storage key from a client-supplied file name without rejecting path separators or parent directory references (CWE-22). The R2 backend normalizes the URL, so an authenticated attacker who knows a target user's identifier and book hash can overwrite that user's book object and corrupt its file_key metadata. The cross-user escape was verified on R2.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Readest is a modern, feature-rich ebook reader designed for seamless cross-platform access and an intuitive reading experience. Prior to 0.11.10, the apps/readest-app/src/pages/api/storage/upload.ts route constructed an object key from the authenticated user's identifier and a client-controlled fileName without rejecting path separators or parent-directory traversal. In the R2 backend, apps/readest-app/src/utils/r2.ts placed that key into a new Request URL before signing it, and URL normalization collapsed parent-directory components so the resulting presigned PUT could escape the caller's namespace. An authenticated attacker who knew a target user identifier and book hash could overwrite or poison that user's stored book object and corrupt the associated file_key metadata; the exact cross-tenant escape was verified for the R2 backend. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.10.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 Readest to 0.11.10 or later, which fixes this issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA readest (readest) Fixed in 0.11.10
Timeline
- 2026-11-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-57565
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More readest vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-85221 Server-side request forgery in Readest OPDS proxy CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-85222 Path traversal in Readest Tauri commands allows arbitrary file access CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-85219 Authorization bypass in Readest lets users hijack paid subscriptions CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-56980 Readest: unsanitized iframe srcdoc attribute in the EPUB sanitizer can lead to arbitrary code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
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