Leon Path Traversal via /download model Command
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Leon before commit 50df142 contains a path traversal vulnerability in getModelFileNameFromURL() that allows attackers to write files outside the models directory via percent-encoded separators. An attacker can trick a user into running '/download model' with a crafted URL containing encoded '../' sequences, writing attacker-controlled content to arbitrary paths writable by Leon.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Leon before commit 50df142 contains a path traversal vulnerability in getModelFileNameFromURL() that allows attackers to write files outside the models directory via percent-encoded separators. Attackers can trick a user into running '/download model' with a crafted URL containing encoded '../' sequences to write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary paths writable by Leon.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
Remediation
Update Leon to commit 50df142 or a later commit, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Timeline
- 2026-10-25 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116073
- 2026-10-26 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-5jhh-46x7-49hp
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Patch 2
Sources
- CVE-2026-116073 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-116073 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5jhh-46x7-49hp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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