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CVE-2026-48716

HIGH
8.7
CVSS 3.1
Description
nanobot is a personal AI assistant. In versions 0.1.5.post3 and prior, the WhatsApp bridge in bridge/src/whatsapp.ts constructs a filesystem path using the fileName field from an incoming WhatsApp document message without sanitization. The WhatsApp bridge downloads media attachments and writes them to disk using a filename derived from the sender's message via documentMessage.fileName, which is concatenated with a prefix and its raw value is passed directly to path.join(mediaDir, outFilename). Node.js path.join resolves .. components, allowing an attacker to escape the intended media/ directory by sending a document with a crafted fileName such as ../../../.ssh/authorized_keys. Because the attacker also controls the file content (the downloaded buffer), this is a write-anywhere primitive — both path and content are attacker-controlled. A fix for this issue is planned for version 0.1.5.post4.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-48716
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-05-22 18:47 UTC
Published
2026-06-18 18:46 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-18 18:46 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-22
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Di…
Vendor / Product
HKUDS / nanobot
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.7 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
HKUDS nanobot <= 0.1.5.post3
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-22 cna CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.7 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
References (1)
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