CVE-2026-100676

stoatchat before 0.15.5 Local Filesystem Read via SVG

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: September 26, 2026 at 01:23 PM UTC
Updated: September 28, 2026 at 05:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorStoatchat

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

Description

January, the media proxy/embed service of stoatchat (stoatchat/stoatchat), before version 0.15.5 improperly resolves SVG <image href> values as local filesystem paths when a fetched resource is served as image/svg+xml. An unauthenticated remote attacker who causes the service to proxy an attacker-hosted SVG (e.g. via the /proxy endpoint) can determine whether local files exist through observable response-time differences, and can cause supported local image files to be disclosed after re-encoding. Because each referenced file is read in full with no effective limit on the number or total volume of reads, a single request can also generate an unbounded amount of local filesystem I/O and memory pressure (the published proof of concept drives about 4.34 GB of reads), leading to denial of service. The issue is fixed in 0.15.5.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.15.5
Vendor states this is fixed in 0.15.5 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.2HIGHVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-693

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