Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE Definition / CWE-32
CWE-32: Path Traversal: '...' (Triple Dot)
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '...' (triple dot) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Published:19 Jul 2006
Organization:MITRE
Modified:11 Dec 2025
Related Weakness
CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal
