Ray Dashboard <= 2.8.0 Path Traversal Leading to Local File Disclosure
Priority HIGH 77CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability was identified in Ray Dashboard (default port 8265) in Ray versions prior to 2.8.1. Due to improper validation and sanitization of user-supplied paths in the static file handling mechanism, an attacker can use traversal sequences (e.g., ../) to access files outside the intended static directory, resulting in local file disclosure.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00966 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Partial Ray (ray-project): 2.8.1ray (PyPI): 2.8.1Red Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray-Project | Ray | before 2.8.1 | 2.8.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | ray (PyPI) | before 2.8.1 | 2.8.1 | Patch available | GHSA-j3mh-qmjj-xp83 |
- Ray VendorRay-Project Affected before 2.8.1 Fixed in 2.8.1 Patch available CNA
- ray (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.8.1 Fixed in 2.8.1 Patch available GHSA-j3mh-qmjj-xp83
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:anyscale:ray:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2.8.1 | Vulnerable | Anyscale, Inc |
- cpe:2.3:a:anyscale:ray:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.8.1 Vulnerable ·Anyscale, Inc
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Ray (ray-project) Fixed in 2.8.1
- Fix · GHSA-j3mh-qmjj-xp83 ray (PyPI) Fixed in 2.8.1 Advisory →
Red Hat 6 advisories
- RHSA-2026:42644 Released 2026-07-21 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHOAI 2.25.9 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-caikit-tgis-serving-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-kserve-storage-initializer-rhel9 +36
- RHSA-2026:24977 Released 2026-06-10 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHOAI 2.25.7 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-caikit-nlp-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-caikit-tgis-serving-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9 +34
- RHSA-2026:19712 Released 2026-05-20 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.3.3 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-built-in-detector-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-argo-argoexec-rhel9 +33
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:6762 Released 2026-04-07 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.2 (ROCm)
- Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2 registry.redhat.io/rhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:6761 Released 2026-04-07 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat AI Inference Server Model Optimization Tools 3.2.2 (CUDA)
- Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2 registry.redhat.io/rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:5809 Released 2026-03-25 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.2 (cuda-ubi9)
- Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2 registry.redhat.io/rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat AI Inference Server | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:5809, RHSA-2026:6761, RHSA-2026:6762 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:24977, RHSA-2026:42644 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:19712 |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-32981
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j3mh-qmjj-xp83
- 2026-10-09 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:42644 · Red Hat
References
More Ray-Project vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-38808 Ray is vulnerable to RCE via Safari & Firefox Browsers through DNS Rebinding Attack KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2023-05545 Ray Command Injection in cpu_profile Parameter CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-05547 Ray Log File Local File Include CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-21889 Ray: Dashboard DELETE endpoints allow unauthenticated browser-triggered DoS (Serve shutdown / job deletion) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-05546 Ray Static File Local File Include CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-30073 Ray: Remote Code Execution via Parquet Arrow Extension Type Deserialization CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-32981 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-32981 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j3mh-qmjj-xp83 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-32981 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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