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Security incident · CVE-2025-49588

Linkwarden is a self-hosted, open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and archive webpages.

Published Jul 2, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 19, 2026 · Linkwarden is a self-hosted,

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-49588. EPSS is 0.45%. Act only if a listed version of Linkwarden is a self-hosted, is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Linkwarden is a self-hosted,).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.45%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor linkwarden linkwarden = 2.10.2

Linkwarden is a self-hosted, open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and archive webpages. In version 2.10.2, the server accepts links of format file:///etc/passwd and doesn't do any validation before sending them to parsers and playwright, this can result in leak of other user's links (and in some cases it might be possible to leak environment secrets). This issue has been patched in version 2.10.3 which has not been made public at time of publication.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor linkwarden linkwarden = 2.10.2= 2.10.2

How to fix CVE-2025-49588

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-49588. EPSS is 0.45%. Act only if a listed version of Linkwarden is a self-hosted, is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with linkwarden linkwarden = 2.10.2 = 2.10.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-73. EPSS 0.45%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 2, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Linkwarden is a self-hosted, open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and archive webpages. In version 2.10.2, the server accepts links of format file:///etc/passwd and doesn't do any validation before sending them to parsers and playwright, this can result in leak of other user's links (and in some cases it might be possible to leak environment secrets). This issue has been

  2. Oct 19, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Linkwarden is a self-hosted, open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and archive webpages. In version 2.10.2, the server accepts links of format file:///etc/passwd and doesn't do any validation before sending them to parsers and playwright, this can result in leak of other user's links (and in some cases it might be possible to leak environment secrets). This issue has been

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-49588

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-49588

    30-day exploitation probability 0.45%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-19714

    Linkwarden is a self-hosted, open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and archive webpages. In version 2.10.2, the server accepts links of format file:///etc/passwd and doesn't do any validation before sending them to parsers and playwright, this can result

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-49588

    Linkwarden is a self-hosted, open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and archive webpages. In version 2.10.2, the server accepts links of format file:///etc/passwd and doesn't do any validation before sending them to parsers and playwright, this can result

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026
  • NIST NVDOct 19, 2026