CVE-2026-34524 HIGH

CVE-2026-34524: SillyTavern: Path traversal in `/api/chats/export` and `/api/chats/delete` allows arbitrary file read/delete within user data root

Vendor Sillytavern
Product SillyTavern
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published April 2, 2026
Last update April 3, 2026
View on NVD All CVEs

CVSS base score

8.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

SillyTavern is a locally installed user interface that allows users to interact with text generation large language models, image generation engines, and text-to-speech voice models. Prior to version 1.17.0, a path traversal vulnerability in chat endpoints allows an authenticated attacker to read and delete arbitrary files under their user data root (for example secrets.json and settings.json) by supplying avatar_url="..". This issue has been patched in version 1.17.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 2, 2026 CVE published
April 3, 2026 Record updated