CVE-2026-91940

crawl4ai before 0.9.3 Arbitrary File Write via PDFContentScrapingStrategy

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 15, 2026 at 03:18 PM UTC
Updated: September 16, 2026 at 08:34 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCrawl4AI

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

Description

crawl4ai before 0.9.3 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in PDFContentScrapingStrategy where the _filter_untrusted_fields function fails to validate untrusted configuration fields. Attackers can submit crafted config bodies with malicious image_save_dir paths to write attacker-controlled bytes into any directory accessible to the service account.

Affected

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

0.9.0 ≤ v < 0.9.30.9.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 0.9.3 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-22

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