# CVE-2026-22810: Joplin: Path traversal in OneNote importer allows overwriting arbitrary files

- Also known as: GHSA-GCMJ-C9GG-9VH6
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.5.7
- Published: 2026-05-18 · Updated: 2026-05-20

## Affected

- laurent22 joplin: fixed in 3.5.7
- @joplin/onenote-converter (npm): fixed in 3.5.7

## Description

Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. Versions prior to 3.5.7 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the importer which allows overwriting arbitrary files on disk. The OneNote converter does not sanitize the names of embedded files before writing them to disk. As a result, it's possible for an attacker to create a malicious .one file that includes file names containing ../../, that are then interpreted as part of the target path when extracting attachments from the .one file. This issue has been patched in version 3.5.7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on laurent22 joplin, @joplin/onenote-converter, upgrade to a fixed version (3.5.7) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-gcmj-c9gg-9vh6
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/pull/13736
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/791668455e1aae50501ff57ea4783b3fba9d377c
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/af5108d70233b1db9410346958c1587cf7c1b16d/packages/onenote-converter/renderer/src/page/embedded_file.rs#L13-L16
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/tag/v3.5.7

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