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CVE-2026-108603: slide-maker through 5.8.0 Path Traversal via generate_images_openai.py

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

slide-maker through 5.8.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in generate_images_openai.py that allows attackers to write image files outside the output directory via manifest-supplied filenames. Attackers can influence deck source material so the image prompt manifest contains ../ or symlinked filenames, creating directories and overwriting existing files at arbitrary paths.

Affected products

• addsumtech slide-maker: through 5.8.0

References

• https://github.com/addsumtech/slides_maker
• https://github.com/addsumtech/slides_maker/blob/3767cc346d63ef1646082c87f15fbf0be582b152/skills/slide-maker/scripts/generate_images_openai.py#L153-L156
• https://github.com/addsumtech/slides_maker/blob/3767cc346d63ef1646082c87f15fbf0be582b152/skills/slide-maker/scripts/generate_images_openai.py#L270-L285
• https://hackmd.io/@haind/BJnX7pIifx
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/slide-maker-through-5.8.0-path-traversal-via-generate-images-openai-py

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