What is CVE-2026-45242?

CVE-2026-45242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Steipete Summarize, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-45242?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Steipete Summarize

CVE-2026-45242

Summarize prior to 0.15.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the /v1/summarize daemon endpoint that allows authenticated callers to write files to arbitrary directories by supplying an absolute path or directory traversal sequence…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.001 (22.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Steipete Summarize — versions 0, ec8efd63295656fbfe8743620179c489bc5a242f

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (release-notes, Release Notes)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (issue-tracking, Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Patch, patch)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-45242?: CVE-2026-45242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Steipete Summarize, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-45242?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.