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TI-2026-30881 Aliases CVE-2026-42601GHSA-3h23-7824-pj8r

ArchiveBox Vulnerable to RCE via unvalidated per-crawl config overrides in AddView

Priority HIGH 81CWE-88Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-88.

Summary

ArchiveBox is an open source self-hosted web archiving system. In versions 0.8.6rc0 and prior, the /add/ endpoint (AddView in core/views.py) accepts a config JSON field that gets merged into the crawl config without validation. This config is exported as environment variables when archive plugins run, allowing injection of arbitrary tool arguments to achieve RCE. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00404 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ArchiveBoxArchiveBoxup to 0.8.6rc0—No fix listedCNA
—archivebox (PyPI)up to 0.8.6rc0—No fix listedGHSA-3h23-7824-pj8r
  • ArchiveBox VendorArchiveBox Affected up to 0.8.6rc0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • archivebox (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 0.8.6rc0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-3h23-7824-pj8r

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:archivebox:archivebox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.8.6VulnerableArchiveBox
cpe:2.3:a:archivebox:archivebox:0.8.6:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.6 rc0VulnerableArchiveBox
  • cpe:2.3:a:archivebox:archivebox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.8.6 Vulnerable ·ArchiveBox
  • cpe:2.3:a:archivebox:archivebox:0.8.6:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.6 rc0 Vulnerable ·ArchiveBox

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-42601
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3h23-7824-pj8r

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2023-24576 Cross-site scripting in ArchiveBox CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4

Sources

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