CVE-2026-56260
CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS 3.1
Description
Crawl4AI before 0.8.7 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the Docker API server's /screenshot and /pdf endpoints. The output_path parameter accepts arbitrary filesystem paths without validation, allowing an attacker to supply absolute or path-traversal values to write to any location writable by the application's user, overwriting server files and causing denial of service.
Metadata
Severity & Metrics
9.1
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawl4AI | Crawl4AI | — | 0 < 0.8.7, 0.8.7 |
Weakness (CWE)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-22 | cna | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') |
CVSS scores (2)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | CRITICAL | 3.1 | cna | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| 8.8 | HIGH | 4.0 | cna | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
References (3)
- https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg
- https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai
- VulnCheck Advisory: Crawl4AI - Arbitrary File Write via output_path Parameter https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-arbitrary-file-write-via-output-path-parameter