CVE-2026-45242

Summarize < 0.15.1 Path Traversal via slidesDir Parameter

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 18, 2026 at 06:52 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSummarize

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

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.

Affected

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

v < 0.15.1
Affected range stops below 0.15.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.1HIGHVulnCheck
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862

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