Critical severity · published Aug 10, 2026
CVE-2026-72567
deepwiki-open - Unauthenticated Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Write and Delete
9.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DE
deepwiki-open · AsyncFuncAI
through 16f35a0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72567
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72567
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open/blob/main/api/api.py
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