---
id: "CVE-2026-118756"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-118756"]
title: "gopass: path traversal lets a store collaborator delete arbitrary directories"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.7
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["git", "gopass", "package", "self-hosted", "shared-password-store"]
not_affected_if: ["gopass-1.17.0-or-later", "no-recursive-rm-use", "single-user-store"]
published_at: "2026-10-28T22:17:14+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-28T22:35:34+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-28T22:36:54+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118756", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-28T22:35:34+00:00"}]
---

# gopass: path traversal lets a store collaborator delete arbitrary directories

gopass before 1.17.0 has a path traversal flaw in its filesystem storage backend, where ../ entry names are not rejected by Prune and IsDir. A collaborator with write access to a shared git-synced password store can plant crafted entries so that a victim's recursive gopass rm -r deletes directory trees outside the store.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Run `gopass version` and confirm the installed version is below `1.17.0`.
- Check whether your password store is shared with other people through a git remote that others can write to.

## Fix

- Upgrade gopass to `1.17.0` or later.
- Until upgraded, avoid running `gopass rm -r` on shared stores and review incoming git changes to the store for entries containing `../`.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-28T22:35:34+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118756

## From the sources

gopass before 1.17.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the filesystem storage backend that allows attackers to delete directories outside the password store via ../ entry names in Prune and IsDir. Collaborators with write access to a shared git-synced store can introduce crafted entries, causing a victim's recursive gopass rm -r to delete arbitrary directory trees.

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