# CVE-2026-33686: Sharp is Vulnerable to Path Traversal via Unsanitized Extension in FileUtil

- Also known as: GHSA-9FFQ-6457-8958
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.20.0
- Published: 2026-03-26 · Updated: 2026-03-27

## Affected

- code16 sharp: fixed in 9.20.0
- code16/sharp (Packagist): fixed in 9.20.0

## Description

Sharp is a content management framework built for Laravel as a package. Versions prior to 9.20.0 have a path traversal vulnerability in the FileUtil class. The application fails to sanitize file extensions properly, allowing path separators to be passed into the storage layer. In `src/Utils/FileUtil.php`, the `FileUtil::explodeExtension()` function extracts a file's extension by splitting the filename at the last dot. This issue has been patched in version 9.20.0 by properly sanitizing the extension using `pathinfo(PATHINFO_EXTENSION)` instead of `strrpos()`, alongside applying strict regex replacements to both the base name and the extension.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/code16/sharp/security/advisories/GHSA-9ffq-6457-8958
- https://github.com/code16/sharp/pull/715

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