CVE-2026-21726

Loki Path Traversal - CVE-2021-36156 Bypass

Medium · published April 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00409 · 34.1th percentile
Published
2026-04-15T19:24Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 APR 19:24Z
    Loki Path Traversal - CVE-2021-36156 Bypass
    cvelistv5