CVE-2026-45242
Published:May 18, 2026
Updated:June 11, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/steipete/summarize.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v0.15.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.15.1@steipete/summarize (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <0.15.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.15.1@steipete/summarize (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <0.15.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.15.0Related Resources (7)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Authorization
EPSS
Base Score:
0.07