Duplicacy through 3.2.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the restore function that fails to validate entry paths deserialized from snapshot files. Attackers can craft malicious snapshot entries with directory traversal sequences to write files outside the restore directory to arbitrary locations accessible by the restoring user.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
gilbertchen duplicacy unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 3.2.5

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References
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https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy cve-icon
https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy/blob/54f97522bff9df8be6797873203310ccbf5a5b00/src/duplicacy_backupmanager.go cve-icon
https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy/blob/54f97522bff9df8be6797873203310ccbf5a5b00/src/duplicacy_utils_others.go cve-icon
https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy/issues/692 cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/duplicacy-path-traversal-during-restore-via-unsanitized-snapshot-paths cve-icon
History

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description Duplicacy through 3.2.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the restore function that fails to validate entry paths deserialized from snapshot files. Attackers can craft malicious snapshot entries with directory traversal sequences to write files outside the restore directory to arbitrary locations accessible by the restoring user.
Title Duplicacy Path Traversal during Restore via Unsanitized Snapshot Paths
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T16:18:49.329Z

Reserved: 2026-08-28T11:12:36.348Z

Link: CVE-2026-82264

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