deepwiki-open - Unauthenticated Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Write and Delete

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72567",
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    "title": "deepwiki-open - Unauthenticated Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Write and Delete",
    "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 api/api.py wiki-cache endpoint constructs file paths from user-controlled owner, repo, and repo_type fields without sanitization, enabling path traversal.",
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              "repo": "https://github.com/asyncfuncai/deepwiki-open",
              "type": "GIT",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:51.121313123Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://github.com/AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72567.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72567",
        "https://github.com/AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open/blob/main/api/api.py"
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  "published_at": "2026-08-10T10:40:37.428+00:00"
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