CVE-2026-45242
HIGHSummarize < 0.15.1 Path Traversal via slidesDir Parameter
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Release Notes release-notes
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.15.2
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/summarize-path-traversal-via-slidesdir-parameter
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
31.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (3)
steipete/summarize
< 0.15.1 (2 CPE variants)
steipete/summarize
0 - 0.15.0npm
steipete/summarize
ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f
Published
May 18, 2026
Tracked Since
May 19, 2026