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CVE-2026-79707: Arbitrary File Read in Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.7 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-04 · updated 2026-09-08
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A Path Traversal vulnerability in the builder endpoint in Google Cloud Agent Development Kit (ADK) versions 1.9.0 through 1.21.0 on Python allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to read arbitrary files using a crafted file_path query parameter.

Affected products

• Google Cloud Agent Development Kit (ADK): from 1.9.0 before 1.22.0 — fixed in 1.22.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Cloud Agent Development Kit (ADK) 1.22.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/google/adk-python/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#1220-2026-01-08
• https://github.com/google/adk-python/commit/6f259f08b3c45ad6050b8a93c9bd85913451ece6

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