CVE-2026-45242 HIGH

CVE-2026-45242: Summarize < 0.15.1 Path Traversal via slidesDir Parameter

Vendor Steipete
Product summarize
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published May 18, 2026
Last update May 18, 2026

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 18, 2026 CVE published
May 18, 2026 Record updated