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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f Patch
- https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.1 · steipeteNVD modified 2026-10-14 20:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:steipete:summarize:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f Patch
- https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- 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 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch