CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-42598

MediumCVSS 6.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.33%

25th percentile - higher than 25% of all known CVEs

Summary

In Pode, a cross-platform PowerShell web framework for creating REST APIs, web sites, and TCP/SMTP servers, from 2.4.0 to before 2.13.0, when requesting content from a Static Route, it was possible to request paths such as http://localhost:8080/c:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts and have the contents returned.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could read arbitrary files from the system, leading to a breach of data confidentiality.

Recommendation

Upgrade Pode to version 2.13.0, which fixes this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Pode is a Cross-Platform PowerShell web framework for creating REST APIs, Web Sites, and TCP/SMTP servers. From 2.4.0, to before 2.13.0, when requesting content from a Static Route, it was possible to request paths such as http://localhost:8080/c:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts and have the contents returned. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.0.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS