CRITICAL 9.8 NVD
CVE-2026-72567
An improper path validation vulnerability in AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open through commit 16f35a0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to write to or delete arbi
An improper path validation vulnerability in AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open through commit 16f35a0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to write to or delete arbitrary files with root privileges. The api/api.py wiki-cache endpoint constructs file paths from user-controlled owner, repo, and repo_type fields without sanitization, enabling path traversal.
References
- https://github.com/AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open
- https://github.com/AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open/blob/main/api/api.py
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 was published on 2026-08-10 via NVD.
Risk Timeline
CVE Disclosed2026-08-10 · -1 days ago
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