CVE-2026-32116 - Vulnerability Analysis

Overview

Magic Wormhole 0.21.0 to < 0.23.0 contains a file overwrite vulnerability caused by receiving files from a malicious sender, letting the sender overwrite critical local files, exploit requires sender to run wormhole send.

Severity & Score

Impact

Malicious senders can overwrite critical local files, potentially compromising the receiver's computer.

Mitigation

Update to version 0.23.0 or later.

References

• https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole/security/advisories/GHSA-4g4c-mfqg-pj8r

Social Media Activity(1 post)

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Mar 25, 2026

This month's exciting release fixes our first official[1] CVE for magic wormhole! To improve your local machine's safety, please upgrade to magic wormhole 0.23.0 https://pypi.org/project/magic-wormhole/ [1] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32116

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