Weights & Biases wandb before 0.29.0 Path Traversal via File Download
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Weights & Biases wandb before 0.29.0 fails to validate the file name from server responses in the File.download function, allowing path traversal attacks. Attackers controlling the backend can supply file names with directory traversal sequences to write files outside the intended download directory, potentially enabling code execution through modification of shell startup files or Python import paths.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA wandb (wandb) Fixed in 0.29.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit Intelligence | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat AI Inference Server | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-91771
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h5x7-chgg-fqcc
- 2026-10-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More wandb vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-09867 Unauthenticated File Upload in wandb/openui CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-00151 Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in wandb/openui CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-04352 wandb OpenUI HTMLAnnotator server.py get_share HTML injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-04355 wandb OpenUI Window Message Event index.html cross site scripting CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2026-04354 wandb OpenUI APIStatusError server.py generic_exception_handler information exposure CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2026-04353 wandb OpenUI config.py hard-coded credentials CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-91771 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-91771 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h5x7-chgg-fqcc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-91771 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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