CVE-2016-1505
Radicale is vulnerable to directory traversal on Windows Filesystem Storage Backend component
The filesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a crafted path, as demonstrated by /c:/file/ignore.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The filesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a crafted path, as demonstrated by /c:/file/ignore.
- Record
CVE-2016-1505- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-21
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
The filesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a crafted path, as demonstrated by /c:/file/ignore.
- Record
CVE-2016-1505- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3102No score
The filesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a crafted path, as demonstrated by /c:/file/ignore.
- Record
EUVD-2022-3102- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-84cw-mxhv-qvv4
Radicale is vulnerable to directory traversal on Windows Filesystem Storage Backend component
The filesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a crafted path, as demonstrated by /c:/file/ignore.
- Record
GHSA-84cw-mxhv-qvv4- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The filesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a crafted path, as demonstrated by /c:/file/ignore.
- Record
CVE-2016-1505- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-84cw-mxhv-qvv4
Radicale is vulnerable to directory traversal on Windows Filesystem Storage Backend component
The filesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a crafted path, as demonstrated by /c:/file/ignore.
- Record
GHSA-84cw-mxhv-qvv4- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-512
Radicale is vulnerable to directory traversal on Windows Filesystem Storage Backend component
The filesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a crafted path, as demonstrated by /c:/file/ignore.
- Record
PYSEC-2026-512- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1505 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Radicale, published February 3, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.61%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in radicale 1.1.