CVE-2026-12701

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.09.0—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-07-20. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A path traversal vulnerability was found in pulpcore. The relative_path_validator function only verifies that content paths do not begin with "/" but fails to block directory traversal sequences such as "../" anywhere in the path. An authenticated administrator can craft a relative_path containing embedded traversal sequences (e.g., "looking/normal/../../../../etc/shadow") that escapes the intended export directory during FilesystemExport operations. Because the file content is also user-controlled (uploaded artifact), this allows arbitrary file write to any location writable by the Pulp service user, potentially leading to service compromise or further system exploitation.

CVSS v3
9.0
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
51%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 20, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 20, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2490703 – (CVE-2026-12701) CVE-2026-12701 pulpcore: pulpcore: relative_path_validator bypass via directory traversal in FilesystemExport

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490703
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12701

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12701(9)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(7)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatpython3.12-pulpcore-0:3.49.63-2.el9ap2026-07-20redhat
redhatpython-pulpcore-0:3.49.39-2.el9pc2026-07-20redhat
redhatpython-pulpcore-0:3.63.21-2.el9pc2026-07-20redhat
redhatpython3.12-pulpcore-0:3.73.30-2.el9pc2026-07-20redhat
redhatpython3.12-pulpcore-0:3.85.15-5.el9pc2026-07-20redhat
redhatansible-automation-platform-26/hub-rhel9:17839795932026-07-20redhat
redhatansible-automation-platform-27/hub-rhel9:17839195212026-07-20redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 29× in last 7d / 29× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-27 08:29 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-27 08:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-27 04:10 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-27 04:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-26 23:47 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-26 23:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-26 19:28 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-26 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-26 15:09 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-26 15:09 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-26 15:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-26 10:49 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-26 10:49 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-26 10:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-23 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-22 23:39 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-22 23:39 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-22 23:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-20 16:09 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-20 16:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-20 14:32 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-20 14:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12701?
CVE-2026-12701 is a critical vulnerability published on July 20, 2026. A path traversal vulnerability was found in pulpcore. The relativepathvalidator function only verifies that content paths do not begin with "/" but fails to block directory traversal sequences such as "../" anywhere in the path. An authenticated administrator can craft a relative_path containing…
When was CVE-2026-12701 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12701 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 20, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12701 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12701 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 48.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12701?
CVE-2026-12701 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12701?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12701, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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