NoteGen through 0.38.3 contains an external control of file path vulnerability in chat image analysis that allows attackers to read local image files via unvalidated synced sourceUrl paths. Attackers with write access to the victim's sync target can plant absolute paths or file:// URLs, causing image_inspect to send local images to the AI provider.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:14
- First seenCVSS 2.1NVD modified 2026-10-19 14:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 6
- https://github.com/codexu/note-gen/blob/note-gen-v0.38.3/src/lib/chat-image-context.ts
- https://github.com/codexu/note-gen/blob/note-gen-v0.38.3/src/lib/sync/conversation-sync.ts
- https://github.com/codexu/note-gen/commit/64e671eb58f56ad6ebec0d99d32f6037f9319979
- https://github.com/codexu/note-gen/commit/6840c13c4fcb71a79b7df838d19a026830d64b96
- https://github.com/codexu/note-gen/issues/1296
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/notegen-through-0.38.3-local-file-disclosure-via-chat-image-analysis