Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE Definition / CWE-26
CWE-26: Path Traversal: '/dir/../filename'
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize /dir/../filename sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Published:19 Jul 2006
Organization:MITRE
Modified:30 Apr 2026
Related Weakness
CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal
