Crawl4AI versions prior to 0.8.0 contain a local file inclusion vulnerability in the Docker API deployment. The /execute_js, /screenshot, /pdf, and /html endpoints accept file:// URLs, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. An attacker can access sensitive files such as /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, application configuration files, and environment variables via /proc/self/environ, potentially exposing credentials, API keys, and internal application structure.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.2 · kidocodeNVD modified 2026-10-08 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:kidocode:crawl4ai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 3
- https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/blog/release-v0.8.0.md Release Notes
- https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-vx9w-5cx4-9796 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-docker-api-local-file-inclusion-via-file-url-handling Third Party Advisory