๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-75914

HIGH 7.5

CodeWhale before 0.8.64 Path Traversal via image_analyze symlink

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor hmbown
Product codewhale
Published Aug 18, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

Hmbown / CodeWhale
0.8.32 < 0.8.41
Hmbown / CodeWhale
0.8.32 < 0.8.41
Hmbown / CodeWhale
0.8.41 < 0.8.64
Hmbown / CodeWhale
0.8.41 < 0.8.64

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-w7wx-5q49-r59w github.com: https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/commit/26de44a8bd5051f8f944ea60b2c37ae1d2b7d25e vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codewhale-before-path-traversal-via-image-analyze-symlink

Credits

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