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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-45242 · published 18 May 2026

CVE-2026-45242: Steipete summarize missing authorization vulnerability

Steipete · Summarize

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.

7.1 CVSS 4.0 High EPSS 0.71% · top 48.2% CWE-862 · Missing authorization
7.1CVSS 4.0 base score
0.71%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
5References, 2 tagged exploit
14 Jul 2026Last modified by NVD

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: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:

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f Patch
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220 ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.15.2 Release Notes
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/summarize-path-traversal-via-slidesdir-parameter Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220 ExploitIssue TrackingPatch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-45242), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.