High severity · published Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-73079
Sub2API: Path traversal in the Responses subpath routes lets an authenticated tenant relay requests to arbitrary upstream endpoints using pooled account credentials
8.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Sub2API is an AI API gateway platform designed to distribute and manage API quotas from AI product subscriptions. From 0.1.135, to 0.1.168, platform API keys issued to tenants are exchanged for upstream requests made with shared provider accounts (ChatGPT/Codex OAuth, OpenAI platform keys, or an operator-configured base URL) that belong to the operator, not to the caller. The `POST /responses/*subpath` wildcard routes spliced the client-supplied subpath into the upstream URL with no validation. This lets an authenticated tenant relay requests to arbitrary upstream endpoints using pooled account credentials via a path traversal. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.169.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
sub2api · Wei-Shaw
>= 0.1.135, <0.1.169 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73079
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73079
github.com
https://github.com/Wei-Shaw/sub2api/commit/017f6bbd5edffea0639ef3c84c0391161983f1f3
github.com
https://github.com/Wei-Shaw/sub2api/pull/5137
github.com
https://github.com/Wei-Shaw/sub2api/releases/tag/v0.1.169
github.com
https://github.com/Wei-Shaw/sub2api/security/advisories/GHSA-vrxq-qm4h-6hgg
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