prompts.chat Path Traversal via Skill File Handling
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-22661
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3pwg-7q4v-jff5
References
More f Prompts.chat vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-18199 prompts.chat SSRF via Fal.ai Media Status Polling CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-18198 prompts.chat Authorization Bypass Information Disclosure CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-18200 prompts.chat Identity Confusion via Case-Sensitive Username Handling CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-18197 prompts.chat Blind SSRF via media-generate CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-22661 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-22661 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3pwg-7q4v-jff5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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