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TI-2026-39366 Aliases CVE-2026-54520

AI Agent Automation: Workflow file step path traversal allows read and write outside the expected directory

Priority LOW 38CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

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

Summary

AI Agent Automation is a modular AI agent workflow automation platform with schedulers, tools, and observability. Prior to 0.9.1, the executeStep file-step implementation in backend/src/agents/executor.js passes the user-controlled step.path value through path.resolve with process.cwd() and then uses the resulting path for read or write operations without checking that it remains in an approved workflow directory. An authenticated user who can create or modify workflow file steps can supply traversal segments to escape the intended workspace and read sensitive files or write and overwrite files accessible to the backend process, including application-adjacent files when process permissions allow. This issue is fixed in version 0.9.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00491 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ai-agent-automation (vmDeshpande): 0.9.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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
vmDeshpandeai-agent-automationbefore 0.9.10.9.1Patch availableCNA
  • ai-agent-automation VendorvmDeshpande Affected before 0.9.1 Fixed in 0.9.1 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA ai-agent-automation (vmDeshpande) Fixed in 0.9.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54520

References

  • TI-2026-39365 AI Agent Automation: Missing ownership checks in memory APIs allow cross-user memory read and deletion CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

Sources

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