SillyTavern: Path traversal in `/api/chats/import` allows arbitrary file write outside intended chat directory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-34522",
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    "title": "SillyTavern: Path traversal in `/api/chats/import` allows arbitrary file write outside intended chat directory",
    "summary": "SillyTavern is a locally installed user interface that allows users to interact with text generation large language models, image generation engines, and text-to-speech voice models. Prior to version 1.17.0, a path traversal vulnerability in /api/chats/import allows an authenticated attacker to write attacker-controlled files outside the intended chats directory by injecting traversal sequences into character_name. This issue has been patched in version 1.17.0.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:43.160418122Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/releases/tag/1.17.0",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/34xxx/CVE-2026-34522.json",
        "https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/security/advisories/GHSA-xvww-xhx6-22pf",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34522"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 510913,
  "published_at": "2026-04-02T17:13:44.322+00:00"
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