CVE-2026-49136CWE-22

Banana Slides 0.4.0 Path Traversal via generate_image() in ai_service.py

High · published June 1, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Banana Slides through 0.4.0, patched in commit e8bc490, contains a path traversal vulnerability in the generate_image() function within the AI service backend that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary image-format files outside the intended uploads directory by exploiting an incomplete path prefix check using os.path.startswith() without a trailing separator. Attackers can supply crafted markdown image references in user-controlled page descriptions that resolve to sibling directories whose names share the uploads folder prefix, bypassing the directory confinement check and causing the application to read files from unintended locations via PIL Image.open().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00601 · 48.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-06-01T19:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 JUN 19:09Z
    Banana Slides 0.4.0 Path Traversal via generate_image() in ai_service.py
    cvelistv5