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🛡️ CVE-2026-12609 — theia

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
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Description

In Eclipse Theia versions 1.66.0 and up until including 1.73.1, the @theia/plugin-ext backend exposes the /hostedPlugin/:pluginId/:path(*) HTTP endpoint, which resolves the requested file path with path.resolve(localPath, filePath) without verifying that the resolved path stays within the plugin's directory. An unauthenticated network attacker can send percent-encoded ../ sequences (%2e%2e%2f) that decode into the path parameter and escape the plugin directory, allowing arbitrary files readable by the Theia backend process to be retrieved. Plugin IDs are derived deterministically from a plugin's publisher and name, so built-in plugins serve as reliable anchors that require no prior knowledge of the target system.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-12609 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2026-12609 is recorded against 1 package.

  • theia (from 1.66.0 up to 1.74.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 5 August 2026 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
gitlab.eclipse.org
gitlab.eclipse.org

Other advisories for this package

theia has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-22: Path Traversal) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-08-05
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
theia 1.66.0 1.74.0

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