{"id":"CVE-2026-75914","title":"CodeWhale versions before 0.8.64 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the image_analyze tool that fails to canonicalize symlinks before reading files","summary":"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 ext…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-22","CWE-59"],"vendor":"deepseek-tui","product":"deepseek-tui","affected":["deepseek-tui >= 0.8.32, <= 0.8.41","deepseek-tui >= 0.8.32, < 0.8.41","codewhale-tui >= 0.8.41, < 0.8.64","codewhale >= 0.8.41, < 0.8.64"],"patched":["deepseek-tui 0.8.41","codewhale-tui 0.8.64","codewhale 0.8.64"],"published":"2026-08-18","updated":"2026-09-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-08T20:32:39.347","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75914","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/commit/26de44a8bd5051f8f944ea60b2c37ae1d2b7d25e","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-w7wx-5q49-r59w","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codewhale-before-path-traversal-via-image-analyze-symlink","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75914"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7wx-5q49-r59w"}],"tags":["nvd","ghsa","rust"],"epss":0.00423,"epssPercentile":0.36234,"aliases":["GHSA-w7wx-5q49-r59w"],"ecosystem":"rust","ingestedAt":"2026-09-04T18:25:57.305Z","slug":"CVE-2026-75914","body":"## Overview\n\nCodeWhale 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Package advisory (CVE-2026-75914)\n\nAffected packages:\n\n- `deepseek-tui >= 0.8.32, <= 0.8.41`\n- `deepseek-tui >= 0.8.32, < 0.8.41`\n- `codewhale-tui >= 0.8.41, < 0.8.64`\n- `codewhale >= 0.8.41, < 0.8.64`\n\nPatched in:\n\n- `deepseek-tui 0.8.41`\n- `codewhale-tui 0.8.64`\n- `codewhale 0.8.64`\n\nSource: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7wx-5q49-r59w","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}