CVE-2026-53535CWE-22CWE-59

Activepieces: Arbitrary file write in git-sync via path traversal and symlinks

Medium · published July 16, 2026

CVSS v4.0
5.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Activepieces is an open source AI workflow automation platform. Prior to 0.82.0, the git-sync feature clones a user-configured Git repository into a temporary directory on the server and then writes flow, table, and connection state into it before pushing back, and two separate weaknesses allowed those writes to escape the intended workspace and land on arbitrary paths on the host filesystem: Git's symbolic-link handling was not disabled on the clone, so an attacker who controlled the remote repository could include symlinks that redirected the writes, and several user-supplied identifiers used to build on-disk paths (the repository slug and the externalId of tables, flows, and connections) were not validated against directory-traversal sequences such as ../. On a self-hosted Enterprise Edition deployment, a user authorized to configure or push to a git-sync repository (holding the WRITE_PROJECT_RELEASE permission) could cause the server to overwrite files anywhere the Activepieces process user can write, which depending on host layout can be leveraged for tampering, denial of service, or remote code execution. This issue is fixed in version 0.82.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00842 · 57.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'); CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2026-07-16T18:52Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 JUL 18:52Z
    Activepieces: Arbitrary file write in git-sync via path traversal and symlinks
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