CVE-2026-45242
Summarize < 0.15.1 Path Traversal via slidesDir Parameter
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
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.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
- https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By VulnCheck
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High7.1 | 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 |
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | High7.1 | 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npm@steipete/summarizeGHSA-8jr4-6r33-phwm (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.15.2 (opens in a new tab)release-notes
- https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
- https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/summarize-path-traversal-via-slidesdir-parameter (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8jr4-6r33-phwm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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