CVE-2026-16653 | A security flaw has been discovered in boazsegev facil.io up… | CVSS 5.3 MEDIUM

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in boazsegev facil.io up to 0.7.58. This affects the function http_sendfile2 of the file lib/facil/http/http.c of the component Public Folder Handler. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-16653
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulDB
Reserved: 2026-07-22 18:20 UTC
Published: 2026-07-23 01:15 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-23 01:15 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-22
Path Traversal
Vendor / Product: boazsegev / facil.io
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.3 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
boazsegev	facil.io	—	0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3 …

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-22	cna	Path Traversal

CVSS scores (4)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
6.9	MEDIUM	4.0	cna	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
5.3	MEDIUM	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
5.3	MEDIUM	3.0	cna	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
5.0	N/D	2.0	cna	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

References (6)

VDB-382396 | boazsegev facil.io Public Folder http.c http_sendfile2 path traversal https://vuldb.com/vuln/382396
VDB-382396 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) https://vuldb.com/vuln/382396/cti
CVE-2026-16653 | CVE Analysis and Report https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16653
Submit #860587 | facil.io <= 0.7.58 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory https://vuldb.com/submit/860587
https://github.com/boazsegev/facil.io/issues/170
https://github.com/boazsegev/facil.io/