{"id":"CVE-2026-42866","aliases":["EUVD-2026-29183","GHSA-rp68-wfv6-3cq3"],"status":"published","title":"Tookie: Arbitrary file write via path traversal in -u username / -U userfile output filename","description":"Tookie is a advanced OSINT information gathering tool. Prior to 4.1fix, modules/modules.py's write_txt, write_csv, write_json, and (commented-but-shipping) scan_file helpers open their output as open(f\"{user}.\u003cext\u003e\"), where user comes unsanitized from the -u CLI flag or any line of a -U usernames file. A username that contains path-separator sequences (.., /, \\, or an absolute path) causes tookie-osint to write the scan output to an arbitrary path the invoking user has write permission for. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1fix.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10724,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-73"],"published":"2026-05-11T18:23:19Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:55Z","products":[{"vendor":"alfredredbird","product":"tookie-osint"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Alfredredbird/tookie-osint/security/advisories/GHSA-rp68-wfv6-3cq3","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","exploit","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42866.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42866","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-42866","title":"Tookie: Arbitrary file write via path traversal in -u username / -U userfile output filename","description":"Tookie is a advanced OSINT information gathering tool. Prior to 4.1fix, modules/modules.py's write_txt, write_csv, write_json, and (commented-but-shipping) scan_file helpers open their output as open(f\"{user}.\u003cext\u003e\"), where user comes unsanitized from the -u CLI flag or any line of a -U usernames file. A username that contains path-separator sequences (.., /, \\, or an absolute path) causes tookie-osint to write the scan output to an arbitrary path the invoking user has write permission for. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1fix.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-11T18:23:19.395Z","modified":"2026-05-11T18:36:50.83Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-73"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:40:23.731501Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-29183","description":"Tookie is a advanced OSINT information gathering tool. Prior to 4.1fix, modules/modules.py's write_txt, write_csv, write_json, and (commented-but-shipping) scan_file helpers open their output as open(f\"{user}.\u003cext\u003e\"), where user comes unsanitized from the -u CLI flag or any line of a -U usernames file. A username that contains path-separator sequences (.., /, \\, or an absolute path) causes tookie-osint to write the scan output to an arbitrary path the invoking user has write permission for. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1fix.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-11T18:23:19Z","modified":"2026-05-11T18:36:50Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:05:10.375554Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-42866","description":"Tookie is a advanced OSINT information gathering tool. Prior to 4.1fix, modules/modules.py's write_txt, write_csv, write_json, and (commented-but-shipping) scan_file helpers open their output as open(f\"{user}.\u003cext\u003e\"), where user comes unsanitized from the -u CLI flag or any line of a -U usernames file. A username that contains path-separator sequences (.., /, \\, or an absolute path) causes tookie-osint to write the scan output to an arbitrary path the invoking user has write permission for. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1fix.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-11T19:16:24.617Z","modified":"2026-10-26T18:10:00.173Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/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","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-73"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:18.239974Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-42866","title":"Tookie: Arbitrary file write via path traversal in -u username / -U userfile output filename","description":"Tookie is a advanced OSINT information gathering tool. Prior to 4.1fix, modules/modules.py's write_txt, write_csv, write_json, and (commented-but-shipping) scan_file helpers open their output as open(f\"{user}.\u003cext\u003e\"), where user comes unsanitized from the -u CLI flag or any line of a -U usernames file. A username that contains path-separator sequences (.., /, \\, or an absolute path) causes tookie-osint to write the scan output to an arbitrary path the invoking user has write permission for. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1fix.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-11T18:23:19.395Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:55.555807249Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-73"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:04.117819Z"}]}}