CVE-2018-7490: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 69.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

uWSGI before 2.0.17 mishandles a DOCUMENT_ROOT check during use of the --php-docroot option, allowing directory traversal.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Unbit Uwsgi: before 2.0.17 (fixed in 2.0.17)

Published 2018-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.