What is CVE-2026-75914?

CVE-2026-75914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hmbown Codewhale, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-75914?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Hmbown Codewhale

CVE-2026-75914

CodeWhale versions before 0.8.64 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the image_analyze tool that fails to canonicalize symlinks before reading files. Attackers can create workspace symlinks pointing to external files with image extensions to leak file bytes to the vision endpoint without user approval.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2026-08-18 · last modified 2026-09-08.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Hmbown Codewhale

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-w7wx-5q49-r59w (vendor-advisory)
github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/commit/26de44a8bd5051f8f944ea60b2c37ae1d2b7d25e (patch)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codewhale-before-path-traversal-via-image-analyze-… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-75914?: CVE-2026-75914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hmbown Codewhale, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-75914?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.