CVE-2026-45242

7.1 HIGH
Published: May 18, 2026 Modified: May 19, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.15.2
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Release Notes
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch

5 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
31th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

steipete