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CoAI through 4.0.0 Unauthenticated Path Traversal via Archive Download Endpoints

Type: advisorySources: OSV

CoAI (Chat Nio) through 4.0.0 contains an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the generation and article archive download endpoints via the hash query parameter. Attackers can supply ../ sequences in hash to download any readable .tar.gz or .zip file, including other users' generated archives.

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-111618
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
6 Nov 2026, 00:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CoAI through 4.0.0 Unauthenticated Path Traversal via Archive Download Endpoints

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Oct 2026, 17:38 UTC

CoAI (Chat Nio) through 4.0.0 contains an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the generation and article archive download endpoints via the hash query parameter. Attackers can supply ../ sequences in hash to download any readable .tar.gz or .zip file, including other users' generated archives.

osv:CVE-2026-111618
Complete source record
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    "summary": "CoAI (Chat Nio) through 4.0.0 contains an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the generation and article archive download endpoints via the hash query parameter. Attackers can supply ../ sequences in hash to download any readable .tar.gz or .zip file, including other users' generated archives.",
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