CVE-2026-118485 Axel Download Accelerator Path Traversal via URL Filename Decoding

Axel Download Accelerator 2.17.14 and earlier performs URL percent-decoding httpdecode on the output filename after the URL has been parsed and the filename component extracted. This allows an attacker to embed %2e%2e%2f URL-encoded ../ sequences in the URL path. These sequences survive the URL...