TypeBot: Arbitrary server file read via Send Email block attachment path
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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Typebot is an open-source chatbot builder. In self-hosted versions prior to 3.18.0, the server-side Send Email integration block allows arbitrary reading of local files on the server. The block builds Nodemailer attachments from a typebot variable, and its parseAttachments helper returns the supplied value as a filesystem path whenever it does not start with the application's own base URL, instead of requiring an http or https URL. The Nodemailer transport is created without disableFileAccess or disableUrlAccess, both of which default to false, so an attachment specified as an absolute server path is read from the local filesystem and delivered. Because both the attachment value and the recipient list are attacker-controllable typebot variables, any registered user can publish a bot whose Send Email block attaches an absolute path such as /etc/passwd or /proc/self/environ and mails it to an address they control. This enables reading any file the server process can access, including process environment secrets such as the credential encryption key and database connection string, without administrative privileges or victim interaction. Open signup is enabled by default and the system SMTP credential is already configured, so no non-default configuration is required. This issue is fixed in version 3.18.0.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baptisteArno | typebot.io | before 3.18.0 | 3.18.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- typebot.io VendorbaptisteArno Affected before 3.18.0 Fixed in 3.18.0 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:typebot:typebot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | baptisteArno |
- cpe:2.3:a:typebot:typebot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·baptisteArno
Remediation
- Fix · CNA typebot.io (baptisteArno) Fixed in 3.18.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-62865
References
More baptisteArno vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-26091 TypeBot: Unauthenticated SSRF via isolated-vm fetch in preview chat endpoint bypasses SSRF controls CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-36038 TypeBot: Unauthenticated arbitrary s3 object write in generate-upload-url via unsanitized fileName CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-36035 TypeBot vulnerable to cross-workspace OAuth credential takeover in updateOAuthCredentials via missing object binding CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-35208 TypeBot vulnerable to CSV injection in result export CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2025-40055 Typebot May Expose AWS EKS Credentials via Server Side Request Forgery in Webhook Block CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-36034 TypeBot has SSRF in HTTP request and script fetch flows via DNS rebinding bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
Sources
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