Description
prompts.chat prior to commit 0f8d4c3 contains a path traversal vulnerability in skill file handling that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the client system by crafting malicious ZIP archives with unsanitized filenames containing path traversal sequences. Attackers can exploit missing server-side filename validation to inject path traversal sequences ../ into skill file archives, which when extracted by vulnerable tools writing files outside the intended directory and overwriting shell initialization files to achieve code execution.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/f/prompts.chat/pull/1101
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/prompts-chat-path-traversal-via-skill-file-handling
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
28.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (2)
f/prompts.chat
< 0f8d4c381abd7b2d7478c9fdee9522149c2d65e5
fka/prompts.chat
< 2026-03-25
Published
Apr 03, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 04, 2026