Missing Authorization Affecting @steipete/summarize package, versions <0.15.0
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- published19 May 2026
- disclosed18 May 2026
- creditChia Min Jun Lennon
Introduced: 18 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-45242 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade @steipete/summarize to version 0.15.0 or higher.
Overview
@steipete/summarize is a Link → clean text → summary.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization via the slidesDir parameter in the /v1/summarize endpoint. An attacker can write arbitrary files, such as slide_*.png and slides.json, to any writable directory and subsequently delete matching files at the specified location by supplying an absolute path or directory traversal sequence.