CVE-2026-75914
Received Received - Intake

Path Traversal in CodeWhale Image Analyze Tool

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-75914, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-08-18

Last updated on: 2026-08-18

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description

CodeWhale versions before 0.8.64 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the image_analyze tool that fails to canonicalize symlinks before reading files. Attackers can create workspace symlinks pointing to external files with image extensions to leak file bytes to the vision endpoint without user approval.

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Published
2026-08-18
Last Modified
2026-08-18
Generated
2026-08-18
EPSS Evaluated
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Vendor Product Version / Range
codewhale codewhale to 0.8.64 (exc)

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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.

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