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Absolute Path Traversal
Properties
id: d3f:CWE-36
- name
- Absolute Path Traversal
- definition
- The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Neighbors
CWE-36 has no direct neighbors in this release.