Tookie is a advanced OSINT information gathering tool. Prior to 4.1fix, modules/modules.py's write_txt, write_csv, write_json, and (commented-but-shipping) scan_file helpers open their output as open(f"{user}.<ext>"), where user comes unsanitized from the -u CLI flag or any line of a -U usernames file. A username that contains path-separator sequences (.., /, \, or an absolute path) causes tookie-osint to write the scan output to an arbitrary path the invoking user has write permission for. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1fix.
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| Description | Tookie is a advanced OSINT information gathering tool. Prior to 4.1fix, modules/modules.py's write_txt, write_csv, write_json, and (commented-but-shipping) scan_file helpers open their output as open(f"{user}.<ext>"), where user comes unsanitized from the -u CLI flag or any line of a -U usernames file. A username that contains path-separator sequences (.., /, \, or an absolute path) causes tookie-osint to write the scan output to an arbitrary path the invoking user has write permission for. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1fix. | |
| Title | Tookie: Arbitrary file write via path traversal in -u username / -U userfile output filename | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 CWE-73 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-05-11T18:23:19.395Z
Updated: 2026-05-11T18:36:50.830Z
Reserved: 2026-04-30T18:49:06.710Z
Link: CVE-2026-42866
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-11T19:16:24.617
Modified: 2026-05-11T20:25:43.237
Link: CVE-2026-42866
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