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CVE-2026-111635: Helical Insight through 7.0.0 Path Traversal via /getExternalResource

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-16 · updated 2026-10-19
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Helical Insight through 7.0.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated viewers to read files outside the solution directory via the path parameter of /getExternalResource. Attackers can supply parent-directory segments to read any readable file with an allowed extension such as js, json, or html, bypassing per-resource access control.

Affected products

• helicalinsight: through 7.0.0

References

• https://github.com/helicalinsight/helicalinsight/blob/v7.0.0/server/core/src/main/java/com/helicalinsight/efw/controller/EFWController.java#L547-L557
• https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/helicalinsight-efwd-parameter-sqli
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/helical-insight-through-7.0.0-path-traversal-via-getexternalresource
• https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/helicalinsight-efwd-parameter-sqli

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