CVE-2026-72567
CriticalCVSS 9.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk44th percentile - higher than 44% of all known CVEs
Summary
An improper path validation vulnerability in AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open through commit 16f35a0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to write to or delete arbitrary files with root privileges. The wiki-cache endpoint constructs file paths from user-controlled fields without sanitization, enabling path traversal.
Risk Assessment
The risk includes full system compromise by writing or deleting files with root privileges, potentially leading to complete takeover.
Recommendation
Immediately update deepwiki-open to a patched version and implement input validation for owner, repo, and repo_type fields.
Other vulnerabilities in deepwiki-open
See all- CVE-2026-90946High
DeepWiki-Open through commit d92819a contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the unauthenticated /ws/chat WebSocket endpoint that accepts repo_url as a filesystem path with no containment. Attackers can supply arbitrary directory paths to read all files with supported extensions including Python, JavaScript, YAML, and JSON files containing hardcoded secrets and credentials.
- CVE-2026-72602High
A path traversal vulnerability in AsyncFuncAI deepwiki-open through commit 16f35a0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to obtain directory listings for arbitrary filesystem paths via the local-repository structure endpoint. The endpoint accepts an absolute filesystem path parameter and returns a directory listing without authentication, as WIKI_AUTH_MODE defaults to false. An attacker can enumerate sensitive directory contents on the host system.
Original NVD description (English source)
An improper path validation vulnerability in AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open through commit 16f35a0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to write to or delete arbitrary files with root privileges. The api/api.py wiki-cache endpoint constructs file paths from user-controlled owner, repo, and repo_type fields without sanitization, enabling path traversal.