{"cve":"CVE-2026-45242","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-18T19:16:28.240","modified":"2026-10-14T20:10:00.190","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":{"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","score":7.1},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"references":["https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f","https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220","https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.15.2","https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/summarize-path-traversal-via-slidesdir-parameter","https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220"],"products":["steipete:summarize"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:35:16.954578616+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-45242","score":0.00396,"percentile":0.33564,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-8jr4-6r33-phwm","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8jr4-6r33-phwm","summary":"Summarize contains a path traversal vulnerability","modified":"2026-09-10T03:51:05.042580939Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"@steipete/summarize","purl":"pkg:npm/%40steipete/summarize","ranges":["<0.15.0"],"fixed":["0.15.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}