CVE-2023-2110: Obsidian

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper path handling in Obsidian desktop before 1.2.8 on Windows, Linux and macOS allows a crafted webpage to access local files and exfiltrate them to remote web servers via "app://local/<absolute-path>". This vulnerability can be exploited if a user opens a malicious markdown file in Obsidian, or copies text from a malicious webpage and paste it into Obsidian.

Affected products

• Obsidian Obsidian: before 1.2.8 (fixed in 1.2.8)

Published 2023-08-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.