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CVE-2026-65700

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
h2oGPT through 0.2.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the OpenAI-compatible files API that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read, write, and delete arbitrary files accessible to the server process by supplying traversal sequences in the bearer token. The get_user_dir function in openai_server/backend_utils.py uses the bearer token string unsanitized as a path component via os.path.join, and because the default API key is EMPTY authentication is bypassed, enabling attackers to traverse outside the intended user directory through the file content, delete, and upload endpoints to achieve remote code execution by writing to startup hooks or application-loaded files.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-65700
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Reserved
2026-07-22 20:26 UTC
Published
2026-07-23 17:02 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-23 17:07 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory …
Vendor / Product
h2oai / h2ogpt
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
h2oai h2ogpt — 0 ≤ 0.2.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-22 cna Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
9.8 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 CRITICAL 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References (2)
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