๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-56260

CRITICAL 9.1

Crawl4AI - Arbitrary File Write via output_path Parameter

CVSS Score
9.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Crawl4AI before 0.8.7 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the Docker API server's /screenshot and /pdf endpoints. The output_path parameter accepts arbitrary filesystem paths without validation, allowing an attacker to supply absolute or path-traversal values to write to any location writable by the application's user, overwriting server files and causing denial of service.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor crawl4ai
Product crawl4ai
Published Jul 12, 2026
Last Updated Jul 14, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Crawl4AI / Crawl4AI
0 < 0.8.7

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg github.com: https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-arbitrary-file-write-via-output-path-parameter