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TI-2026-35997 Aliases CVE-2026-48716

nanobot: Path traversal via unsanitized WhatsApp document fileName enables arbitrary file write

Priority HIGH 73CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

nanobot is a personal AI assistant. In versions 0.1.5.post3 and prior, the WhatsApp bridge in bridge/src/whatsapp.ts constructs a filesystem path using the fileName field from an incoming WhatsApp document message without sanitization. The WhatsApp bridge downloads media attachments and writes them to disk using a filename derived from the sender's message via documentMessage.fileName, which is concatenated with a prefix and its raw value is passed directly to path.join(mediaDir, outFilename). Node.js path.join resolves .. components, allowing an attacker to escape the intended media/ directory by sending a document with a crafted fileName such as ../../../.ssh/authorized_keys. Because the attacker also controls the file content (the downloaded buffer), this is a write-anywhere primitive — both path and content are attacker-controlled. A fix for this issue is planned for version 0.1.5.post4.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00326 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
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
HKUDSnanobotup to 0.1.5.post3—No fix listedCNA
  • nanobot VendorHKUDS Affected up to 0.1.5.post3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48716

References

Other 1

  • TI-2026-44237 LightRAG: Missing Authentication for Critical API Functions in Default Configuration CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-78721 Missing authentication in HKUDS Vibe-Trading FastAPI server enables RCE CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-44184 Improper authentication in HKUDS LightRAG CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-26034 Zero-Click Indirect Prompt Injection and Authentication Bypass via Email Polling CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
  • TI-2026-62432 HKUDS nanobot before 0.3.0 Server-Side Request Forgery via WebFetchTool CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2026-25310 DeepCode 1.2.0 Path Traversal via SPA Catch-All Route in main.py CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
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Sources

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