CVE-2026-21726
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
The CVE-2021-36156 fix validates the namespace parameter for path traversal sequences after a single URL decode, by double encoding, an attacker can read files at the Ruler API endpoint /loki/api/v1/rules/{namespace} Thanks to Prasanth Sundararajan for reporting this vulnerability.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-15 20:16:34.177000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
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