{"id":"CVE-2026-44716","summary":"Pipecat: Path Traversal in Pipecat Runner `/files` Endpoint — Arbitrary File Read via `%2F`-Encoded Separator","details":"Pipecat is an open-source Python framework for building real-time voice and multimodal conversational agents. From version 0.0.90 to before version 1.2.0, a path traversal vulnerability exists in Pipecat's development runner (src/pipecat/runner/run.py). When the runner is started with the --folder flag, it exposes a GET /files/{filename:path} download endpoint. The filename path parameter is concatenated directly onto args.folder with no containment check. Starlette normalises literal ../ sequences in URLs, but %2F-encoded slashes bypass this normalisation: the path parameter is URL-decoded after routing, so ..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd resolves to a path two levels above args.folder. An attacker with network access to the runner can read any file the pipecat process has permission to access — including SSH private keys, credentials, and system files — with a single unauthenticated HTTP request. This issue has been patched in version 1.2.0.","aliases":["GHSA-3363-2ph6-35wh"],"modified":"2026-07-08T08:13:29.985292902Z","published":"2026-06-09T23:07:25.868Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44716.json","cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-22"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/releases/tag/v1.2.0"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44716.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/security/advisories/GHSA-3363-2ph6-35wh"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44716"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/commit/7519c26ac5508573c35fa3a9c4717b013993d129"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/pull/4417"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat","events":[{"introduced":"fdaa4e476ef4881c10c71228fab36185ddf10ba2"},{"fixed":"ea296babe948f2e6c13489770ef38f23948558b3"},{"fixed":"7519c26ac5508573c35fa3a9c4717b013993d129"}],"database_specific":{"source":["CPE_RANGE","REFERENCES"],"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0.0.90"},{"fixed":"1.2.0"}],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:pipecat:pipecat:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*"}}],"versions":["v1.1.0","v1.0.0","v0.0.108","v0.0.95","v0.0.107","v0.0.106","v0.0.105","v0.0.104","v0.0.103","v0.0.102","v0.0.101","v0.0.100","v0.0.99","v0.0.98","v0.0.97","v0.0.96","v0.0.94","v0.0.93","v0.0.92","v0.0.91","v0.0.90"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-44716.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}