---
id: CVE-2026-107935
title: >-
  A path traversal vulnerability was found in gvproxy, the network forwarder
  provided by the gvisor-tap-vsock package
summary: >-
  A path traversal vulnerability was found in gvproxy, the network forwarder
  provided by the gvisor-tap-vsock package. The unauthenticated
  /services/forwarder/expose endpoint does not validate the caller-supplied
  socket path, allowing an a…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
published: '2026-10-09'
updated: '2026-10-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-09T16:37:45.710'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107935'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107935'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2548382'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/containers/gvisor-tap-vsock/pull/718'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/RHDESK-550'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-09T12:53:29.252Z'
---

## Overview

A path traversal vulnerability was found in gvproxy, the network forwarder provided by the gvisor-tap-vsock package. The unauthenticated /services/forwarder/expose endpoint does not validate the caller-supplied socket path, allowing an attacker to delete arbitrary files on the host system.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.