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CVE-2026-44522

Note Mark: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in Asset Names Leading to Remote Code Execution

8.6 HighFix available

Note Mark is an open-source note-taking application. From 0.13.0 to before 0.19.4, the Note Mark application allows authenticated users to upload assets to notes via POST /api/notes/{noteID}/assets, where the asset filename is provided through the X-Name HTTP request header. This value is stored directly in the database without any sanitization or validation - no path separator filtering, no directory traversal sequence rejection, and no use of filepath.Base() to strip directory components. The unsanitized name is persisted as-is in the note_assets table (Name column, varchar(80)). When an administrator subsequently runs the data export CLI commands (note-mark migrate export-v1 or note-mark migrate export), the stored asset name is passed directly into filepath.Join() and path.Join() calls as part of the output file path argument to os.Create(). Since Go's filepath.Join() resolves ../ sequences during path normalization, an attacker-controlled asset name containing directory traversal sequences causes the export process to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem, completely outside the intended export directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.19.4.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
Passive

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.56%Down 0.2 points since May 15, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.6

Note Mark: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in Asset Names Leading to Remote Code Execution

Note Mark is an open-source note-taking application. From 0.13.0 to before 0.19.4, the Note Mark application allows authenticated users to upload assets to notes via POST /api/notes/{noteID}/assets, where the asset filename is provided through the X-Name HTTP request header. This value is stored directly in the database without any sanitization or validation - no path separator filtering, no directory traversal sequence rejection, and no use of filepath.Base() to strip directory components. The unsanitized name is persisted as-is in the note_assets table (Name column, varchar(80)). When an administrator subsequently runs the data export CLI commands (note-mark migrate export-v1 or note-mark migrate export), the stored asset name is passed directly into filepath.Join() and path.Join() calls as part of the output file path argument to os.Create(). Since Go's filepath.Join() resolves ../ sequences during path normalization, an attacker-controlled asset name containing directory traversal sequences causes the export process to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem, completely outside the intended export directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.19.4.

Record
CVE-2026-44522
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-30370 8.6

Note Mark is an open-source note-taking application. From 0.13.0 to before 0.19.4, the Note Mark application allows authenticated users to upload assets to notes via POST /api/notes/{noteID}/assets, where the asset filename is provided through the X-Name HTTP request header. This value is stored directly in the database without any sanitization or validation - no path separator filtering, no directory traversal sequence rejection, and no use of filepath.Base() to strip directory components. The unsanitized name is persisted as-is in the note_assets table (Name column, varchar(80)). When an administrator subsequently runs the data export CLI commands (note-mark migrate export-v1 or note-mark migrate export), the stored asset name is passed directly into filepath.Join() and path.Join() calls as part of the output file path argument to os.Create(). Since Go's filepath.Join() resolves ../ sequences during path normalization, an attacker-controlled asset name containing directory traversal sequences causes the export process to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem, completely outside the intended export directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.19.4.

Record
EUVD-2026-30370
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g49p-4qxj-88v3 8.6

Note Mark: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in Asset Names Leads to Remote Code Execution

Description

The Note Mark application allows authenticated users to upload assets to notes via POST /api/notes/{noteID}/assets, where the asset filename is provided through the X-Name HTTP request header. This value is stored directly in the database without any sanitization or validation - no path separator filtering, no directory traversal sequence rejection, and no use of filepath.Base() to strip directory components. The unsanitized name is persisted as-is in the note_assets table (Name column, varchar(80)).

When an administrator subsequently runs the data export CLI commands (note-mark migrate export-v1 or note-mark migrate export), the stored asset name is passed directly into filepath.Join() and path.Join() calls as part of the output file path argument to os.Create(). Since Go's filepath.Join() resolves ../ sequences during path normalization, an attacker-controlled asset name containing directory traversal sequences causes the export process to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem, completely outside the intended export directory.

The export process typically runs as root (the default in Docker deployments and common in bare-metal setups). This means the arbitrary file write operates with root privileges, allowing an attacker to write to any writable location on the filesystem. This can be escalated to Remote Code Execution by overwriting system binaries such as /bin/bash with a malicious payload. Since the Go binary is statically compiled and does not shell out to external programs during the export, overwriting /bin/bash does not affect the running export process. However, the next time any user or administrator invokes bash on the system, the attacker-controlled binary executes instead, resulting in code execution as root. In environments with cron or systemd, writing to /etc/cron.d/ or systemd unit files provides additional exploitation paths.

The data flow is: X-Name HTTP header > handlers/assets.go (no validation) > services/assets.go (stored to DB as-is) > cli/migrate.go (used in os.Create(filepath.Join(..., asset.Name))) > arbitrary file write.

Source Code Analysis

The asset upload handler at backend/handlers/assets.go:48-51 extracts the filename directly from the X-Name header:

type PostNoteAssetInput struct {
    NoteID  uuid.UUID `path:"noteID" format:"uuid"`
    Name    string    `header:"X-Name" required:"true"`
    RawBody []byte    `required:"true"`
}

The service layer at backend/services/assets.go:39-42 stores this value without validation:

noteAsset := db.NoteAsset{
    NoteID: noteID,
    Name:   name,
}

The V1 export function at backend/cli/migrate.go:328 uses the unsanitized name directly:

f, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(noteDir, asset.Name))

The non-V1 export function at backend/cli/migrate.go:223 similarly uses it:

f, err := os.Create(path.Join(assetsDir, asset.ID.String()+"."+asset.Name))

In both cases, filepath.Join / path.Join resolves ../ sequences in asset.Name, causing the resulting path to escape the intended directory.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Start a Note Mark instance (version 0.19.2 or earlier) using the official Docker image: docker run -d --name notemark -p 8080:8080 -e JWT_SECRET="$(openssl rand -base64 32)" -e PUBLIC_URL="http://localhost:8080" ghcr.io/enchant97/note-mark-aio:0.19.2

  2. Register a user account: curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/users -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"username":"attacker","password":"Attack3r!","name":"attacker"}'

  3. Authenticate and capture the session cookie: curl -s -D - -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/auth/token -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"username":"attacker","password":"Attack3r!","grant_type":"password"}'. Save the Auth-Session-Token cookie value from the Set-Cookie response header.

  4. Create a notebook: `curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/books…

Record
GHSA-g49p-4qxj-88v3
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.6

Note Mark is an open-source note-taking application. From 0.13.0 to before 0.19.4, the Note Mark application allows authenticated users to upload assets to notes via POST /api/notes/{noteID}/assets, where the asset filename is provided through the X-Name HTTP request header. This value is stored directly in the database without any sanitization or validation - no path separator filtering, no directory traversal sequence rejection, and no use of filepath.Base() to strip directory components. The unsanitized name is persisted as-is in the note_assets table (Name column, varchar(80)). When an administrator subsequently runs the data export CLI commands (note-mark migrate export-v1 or note-mark migrate export), the stored asset name is passed directly into filepath.Join() and path.Join() calls as part of the output file path argument to os.Create(). Since Go's filepath.Join() resolves ../ sequences during path normalization, an attacker-controlled asset name containing directory traversal sequences causes the export process to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem, completely outside the intended export directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.19.4.

Record
CVE-2026-44522
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.6

Note Mark: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in Asset Names Leading to Remote Code Execution

Note Mark is an open-source note-taking application. From 0.13.0 to before 0.19.4, the Note Mark application allows authenticated users to upload assets to notes via POST /api/notes/{noteID}/assets, where the asset filename is provided through the X-Name HTTP request header. This value is stored directly in the database without any sanitization or validation - no path separator filtering, no directory traversal sequence rejection, and no use of filepath.Base() to strip directory components. The unsanitized name is persisted as-is in the note_assets table (Name column, varchar(80)). When an administrator subsequently runs the data export CLI commands (note-mark migrate export-v1 or note-mark migrate export), the stored asset name is passed directly into filepath.Join() and path.Join() calls as part of the output file path argument to os.Create(). Since Go's filepath.Join() resolves ../ sequences during path normalization, an attacker-controlled asset name containing directory traversal sequences causes the export process to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem, completely outside the intended export directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.19.4.

Record
CVE-2026-44522
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-g49p-4qxj-88v3 8.6

Note Mark: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in Asset Names Leads to Remote Code Execution

Description

The Note Mark application allows authenticated users to upload assets to notes via POST /api/notes/{noteID}/assets, where the asset filename is provided through the X-Name HTTP request header. This value is stored directly in the database without any sanitization or validation - no path separator filtering, no directory traversal sequence rejection, and no use of filepath.Base() to strip directory components. The unsanitized name is persisted as-is in the note_assets table (Name column, varchar(80)).

When an administrator subsequently runs the data export CLI commands (note-mark migrate export-v1 or note-mark migrate export), the stored asset name is passed directly into filepath.Join() and path.Join() calls as part of the output file path argument to os.Create(). Since Go's filepath.Join() resolves ../ sequences during path normalization, an attacker-controlled asset name containing directory traversal sequences causes the export process to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem, completely outside the intended export directory.

The export process typically runs as root (the default in Docker deployments and common in bare-metal setups). This means the arbitrary file write operates with root privileges, allowing an attacker to write to any writable location on the filesystem. This can be escalated to Remote Code Execution by overwriting system binaries such as /bin/bash with a malicious payload. Since the Go binary is statically compiled and does not shell out to external programs during the export, overwriting /bin/bash does not affect the running export process. However, the next time any user or administrator invokes bash on the system, the attacker-controlled binary executes instead, resulting in code execution as root. In environments with cron or systemd, writing to /etc/cron.d/ or systemd unit files provides additional exploitation paths.

The data flow is: X-Name HTTP header > handlers/assets.go (no validation) > services/assets.go (stored to DB as-is) > cli/migrate.go (used in os.Create(filepath.Join(..., asset.Name))) > arbitrary file write.

Source Code Analysis

The asset upload handler at backend/handlers/assets.go:48-51 extracts the filename directly from the X-Name header:

type PostNoteAssetInput struct {
    NoteID  uuid.UUID `path:"noteID" format:"uuid"`
    Name    string    `header:"X-Name" required:"true"`
    RawBody []byte    `required:"true"`
}

The service layer at backend/services/assets.go:39-42 stores this value without validation:

noteAsset := db.NoteAsset{
    NoteID: noteID,
    Name:   name,
}

The V1 export function at backend/cli/migrate.go:328 uses the unsanitized name directly:

f, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(noteDir, asset.Name))

The non-V1 export function at backend/cli/migrate.go:223 similarly uses it:

f, err := os.Create(path.Join(assetsDir, asset.ID.String()+"."+asset.Name))

In both cases, filepath.Join / path.Join resolves ../ sequences in asset.Name, causing the resulting path to escape the intended directory.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Start a Note Mark instance (version 0.19.2 or earlier) using the official Docker image: docker run -d --name notemark -p 8080:8080 -e JWT_SECRET="$(openssl rand -base64 32)" -e PUBLIC_URL="http://localhost:8080" ghcr.io/enchant97/note-mark-aio:0.19.2

  2. Register a user account: curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/users -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"username":"attacker","password":"Attack3r!","name":"attacker"}'

  3. Authenticate and capture the session cookie: curl -s -D - -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/auth/token -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"username":"attacker","password":"Attack3r!","grant_type":"password"}'. Save the Auth-Session-Token cookie value from the Set-Cookie response header.

  4. Create a notebook: `curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/books…

Record
GHSA-g49p-4qxj-88v3
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2026-5389 No score

Note Mark: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in Asset Names Leads to Remote Code Execution in github.com/enchant97/note-mark/backend

Note Mark: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in Asset Names Leads to Remote Code Execution in github.com/enchant97/note-mark/backend

Record
GO-2026-5389
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 No score

Security update for govulncheck-vulndb

This update for govulncheck-vulndb fixes the following issues:

  • Update to version 0.0.20260723T184607 2026-07-23T18:46:07Z (jsc#PED-11136).

Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:

  • GO-2026-4730 CVE-2026-33022 GHSA-cv4x-93xx-wgfj
  • GO-2026-4761 CVE-2026-33211 GHSA-j5q5-j9gm-2w5c
  • GO-2026-5102 CVE-2026-45021 GHSA-3vcp-chfh-f6r2
  • GO-2026-5272 CVE-2026-40938 GHSA-94jr-7pqp-xhcq
  • GO-2026-5486 CVE-2026-40924 GHSA-m2cx-gpqf-qf74
  • GO-2026-5542 CVE-2026-40090 GHSA-pj97-4p9w-gx3q
  • GO-2026-5630 CVE-2026-25542 GHSA-rmx9-2pp3-xhcr
  • GO-2026-5643 CVE-2026-40923 GHSA-rx35-6rhx-7858
  • GO-2026-5675 CVE-2026-41492 GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q
  • GO-2026-5711 CVE-2026-40161 GHSA-wjxp-xrpv-xpff
  • GO-2026-5746 CVE-2026-41567 GHSA-x86f-5xw2-fm2r
  • GO-2026-5749 CVE-2026-41328 GHSA-x92x-px7w-4gx4
  • GO-2026-5837 CVE-2026-44840 GHSA-q2m9-6jp9-c6mc
  • GO-2026-5929 CVE-2026-44342 GHSA-26v7-h57m-gh9m
  • GO-2026-5930 CVE-2026-33655 GHSA-6qcr-qxgr-m7fv
  • GO-2026-5933 GHSA-3g4q-2f67-2gvh
  • GO-2026-5934 GHSA-59qp-cfj3-rp64
  • GO-2026-5935 GHSA-7856-g3gv-9wq8
  • GO-2026-5936 CVE-2026-53552 GHSA-26rh-24rg-j3vv
  • GO-2026-5937 CVE-2026-53508 GHSA-2jcc-mxv7-p3f9
  • GO-2026-5938 CVE-2026-53553 GHSA-4g5x-hcwm-82jw
  • GO-2026-5939 CVE-2026-10517 GHSA-698x-9w2p-7vvp
  • GO-2026-5940 CVE-2026-53572 GHSA-6w3m-4hhp-775q
  • GO-2026-5941 CVE-2026-53487 GHSA-gvhc-wv3v-7pf8
  • GO-2026-5942 CVE-2026-46600
  • GO-2026-5944 CVE-2026-50197 GHSA-659f-rgp5-w4wf
  • GO-2026-5945 CVE-2026-6815 GHSA-rmxx-v9rj-vpvg
  • GO-2026-5946 CVE-2026-52831 GHSA-v5px-423j-pf7p
  • GO-2026-5947 CVE-2026-53649 GHSA-xqhv-chqm-fhcc
  • GO-2026-5948 CVE-2026-50554 GHSA-588f-fvcv-xhvf
  • GO-2026-5949 CVE-2026-50553 GHSA-rqrh-8wpv-x7hh
  • GO-2026-5950 CVE-2026-53602 GHSA-339v-266x-79xr
  • GO-2026-5951 CVE-2026-10219 GHSA-6jm8-4fhr-5w64
  • GO-2026-5952 CVE-2026-49834 GHSA-9vcr-p3rj-q5q6
  • GO-2026-5953 CVE-2026-9094 GHSA-c9w5-qp6m-m395
  • GO-2026-5956 CVE-2026-55252 GHSA-h5g6-xmh4-hc37
  • GO-2026-5957 CVE-2026-54158 GHSA-5xfx-xj4h-5p7r
  • GO-2026-5958 CVE-2026-54068 GHSA-gcm7-57gf-953c
  • GO-2026-5959 CVE-2026-54072 GHSA-h29v-hj44-q8cv
  • GO-2026-5961 CVE-2026-54069 GHSA-hvr9-72v2-fff3
  • GO-2026-5962 CVE-2026-54088 GHSA-m93h-4hw7-5qcm
  • GO-2026-5963 CVE-2026-54067 GHSA-mvjr-vv3c-w4qv
  • GO-2026-5964 CVE-2026-54066 GHSA-p4m3-mgmm-c664
  • GO-2026-5965 CVE-2026-54070 GHSA-w7cg-whh7-xp28
  • GO-2026-5966 CVE-2026-54089 GHSA-xqp3-jq6g-x3qm
  • GO-2026-5967 CVE-2026-50551 GHSA-56mp-4f3v-fgj2
  • GO-2026-5968 CVE-2026-54174 GHSA-fpg8-7664-jc5q
  • GO-2026-5969 GHSA-g936-7jqj-mwv8
  • GO-2026-5970 CVE-2026-56852
  • GO-2026-5973 CVE-2026-54250 GHSA-jxr7-mqhw-9p98
  • GO-2026-5974 CVE-2026-44300 GHSA-wmj8-9953-vff5
  • GO-2026-5975 CVE-2026-50018 GHSA-42j2-w334-qxw7
  • GO-2026-5976 CVE-2026-50141 GHSA-g7mm-9vx7-jm7h
  • GO-2026-5977 CVE-2026-50013 GHSA-qrh4-p6v4-mrfg
  • GO-2026-5978 CVE-2026-50125 GHSA-qw5r-ppcg-f8rj
  • GO-2026-5979 CVE-2026-50006 GHSA-xrcf-6jh3-ggvx
  • GO-2026-5980 CVE-2026-50158 GHSA-2c7f-fxww-6w6c
  • GO-2026-5981 GHSA-mqxv-9rm6-w8qc
  • GO-2026-5982 GHSA-pqg7-v6wh-3pfp
  • GO-2026-5984 CVE-2026-53604 GHSA-2p2f-px33-4vv5
  • GO-2026-5985 GHSA-7rx3-5wx3-5v76
  • GO-2026-5986 CVE-2026-61699 GHSA-cm26-5974-52h8
  • GO-2026-5987 CVE-2026-55513 GHSA-g4x6-jcvr-9m3g
  • GO-2026-5988 CVE-2026-54628 GHSA-hwrq-8wxh-q4xv
  • GO-2026-5989 CVE-2026-55512 GHSA-m3cx-mwpg-32jg
  • GO-2026-5990 CVE-2026-54629 GHSA-mf78-3rpf-r784
  • GO-2026-5991 CVE-2026-53603 GHSA-q4vm-pq3q-8wgq
  • GO-2026-5992 CVE-2026-61549 GHSA-qf34-295c-26v8
  • GO-2026-5996 CVE-2026-54450 GHSA-pph6-vfjv-vpjw
  • GO-2026-5997 CVE-2026-54452 GHSA-xgch-x3mx-cm3c
  • GO-2026-5998 CVE-2026-54495 GHSA-398h-7f66-3h4p
  • GO-2026-5999 CVE-2026-10814 GHSA-jh6h-v6mp-h22v
  • GO-2026-6002 CVE-2026-58196 GHSA-pr64-jmmf-jp54
  • GO-2026-6003 CVE-2026-53714 GHSA-22xc-xg2r-9j7v
  • GO-2026-6004 CVE-2026-52833 GHSA-3v79-m2cg-89ww
  • GO-2026-6005 CVE-2026-53715 GHSA-8fv2-88gg-hm7q
  • GO-2026-6006 CVE-2026-53716 GHSA-cxpq-8v7q-cg56 *…
Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
github.com/enchant97/note-mark/backend
Go
 before 0.0.0-20260501152243-db3f72bff780
0.0.0-20260501152243-db3f72bff780
govulncheck-vulndb
openSUSE:Leap 16.0
From an advisory covering 1734 CVEs
 before 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2026-44522 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Enchant97 Note-mark, published May 7, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 47th percentile. Fixed in github.com/enchant97/note-mark/backend 0.0.0-20260501152243-db3f72bff780.

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