CVE-2026-22661
Modified
Modified - Updated After Analysis
Path Traversal in prompts.chat Skill Files Enables Code Execution
Publication date: 2026-04-03
Last updated on: 2026-05-26
Assigner: VulnCheck
Description
Description
prompts.chat prior to commit 0f8d4c3 contains a path traversal vulnerability in skill file handling that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the client system by crafting malicious ZIP archives with unsanitized filenames containing path traversal sequences. Attackers can exploit missing server-side filename validation to inject path traversal sequences ../ into skill file archives, which when extracted by vulnerable tools writing files outside the intended directory and overwriting shell initialization files to achieve code execution.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| fka | prompts.chat | to 2026-03-25 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-22 | The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. |