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GHSA-62gx-5q78-wrvx: obsidian-local-rest-api: Authenticated path traversal via URL-encoded %2F in /vault/{path} — arbitrary host file read/write/delete

July 15, 2026 (updated November 2, 2026)

The Local REST API’s /vault/{path} endpoints (GET/PUT/PATCH/POST/DELETE) percent-decode the request path inside the handler — after Express has already routed and normalized it, then hand it to the Obsidian vault adapter with no confinement check. A literal ../ is resolved/rejected at the routing layer (→ 404), but %2F is not a separator there, so ..%2F..%2F survives routing and is only turned into a real / by the handler’s decodeURIComponent, reconstituting a ../ traversal that walks out of the vault. An authenticated client can read, write, or delete arbitrary files on the host with the Obsidian process’s privileges.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-62gx-5q78-wrvx
  • github.com/coddingtonbear/obsidian-local-rest-api/commit/fdc97f9e652e0d38cb43911d31f827a12b248fc8
  • github.com/coddingtonbear/obsidian-local-rest-api/releases/tag/4.1.3
  • github.com/coddingtonbear/obsidian-local-rest-api/security/advisories/GHSA-62gx-5q78-wrvx

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.1.3

Fixed versions

  • 4.1.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.1.3 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

npm/obsidian-local-rest-api/GHSA-62gx-5q78-wrvx.yml

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