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GHSA-2jq4-q6vv-4cp3: Crawl4AI: Arbitrary file write (path traversal) in crawler downloads can lead to RCE

June 18, 2026

When the crawler saves a downloaded file, the destination filename was taken from attacker-influenced input and joined to the downloads directory with no confinement. A filename containing an absolute path (e.g. /etc/cron.d/evil) or ../ traversal escaped the downloads directory, giving an arbitrary file write with attacker-controlled contents. Because the written bytes are attacker-controlled, this escalates to remote code execution (overwriting a shell rc-file, ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, a cron entry, or a Python module on the import path).

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2jq4-q6vv-4cp3
  • github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-2jq4-q6vv-4cp3

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.9.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.9.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.9.0 or above.

Impact 9.6 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Source file

pypi/Crawl4AI/GHSA-2jq4-q6vv-4cp3.yml

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