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CVE-2026-45242: Summarize < 0.15.1 Path Traversal via slidesDir Parameter

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-05-18 · updated 2026-10-14
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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 products

• steipete summarize: before 0.15.1 — fixed in 0.15.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: steipete summarize 0.15.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f
• https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220
• https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.15.2
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/summarize-path-traversal-via-slidesdir-parameter
• https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/220

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