CVE-2026-45242

HIGH EPSS 31.5%
Published May 18, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.1 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published May 18, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Summarize prior to 0.15.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the /v1/summarize daemon endpoint that allows authenticated callers to write files to arbitrary directories by supplying an absolute path or directory traversal sequence in the slidesDir request parameter. Attackers can exploit this to write slide_*.png and slides.json files to any writable directory and subsequently delete matching files at the specified location through repeat extraction.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.1
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
31.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
steipetesummarize* <0.15.1

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220
    ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
  • github.com https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.15.2
    Release Notes
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/summarize-path-traversal-via-slidesdir-parameter
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220
    ExploitIssue TrackingPatch