Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 22, 2026· Updated Jun 22, 2026
WebP Server Go < 0.15.0 Path Traversal via Backslash Encoding on Windows
CVE-2026-53779
Description
WebP Server Go through 0.14.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability on Windows that allows unauthenticated attackers to read files outside the configured IMG_PATH directory by sending requests with percent-encoded backslashes (%5C) that bypass the path.Clean() sanitization in handler/router.go. Attackers can exploit the discrepancy between Go's forward-slash-only path normalization and Windows file system APIs that treat backslashes and forward slashes as equivalent to access arbitrary files on the host filesystem accessible to the server process.
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1- Range: <=0.14.4
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References
3- github.com/webp-sh/webp_server_go/commit/eb3b5f9289b331cb639cd610b0d1c532d2cc24e0mitrepatch
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/webp-server-go-path-traversal-via-backslash-encoding-on-windowsmitrethird-party-advisory
- github.com/webp-sh/webp_server_go/pull/451mitreissue-tracking
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