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This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.3.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00692,"percentile":0.53313,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2026-03-10T16:44:10Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:59Z","products":[{"vendor":"flintsh","product":"flare"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FlintSH/Flare/security/advisories/GHSA-h639-p7m9-mpgp","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Exploit","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FlintSH/Flare/commit/cd894cc480619aef958be5de72b1445222fd8d36","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FlintSH/Flare/releases/tag/v1.7.3","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Product","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/30xxx/CVE-2026-30942.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-30942","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-30942","title":"Flare has a Path Traversal in /api/avatars/[filename]","description":"Flare is a Next.js-based, self-hostable file sharing platform that integrates with screenshot tools. 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