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CVE-2026-44716

CVE-2026-44716 · Pipecat: Path Traversal in Pipecat Runner `/files` Endpoint — Arbitrary File Read via `%2F`-Encoded Separator

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Pipecat is an open-source Python framework for building real-time voice and multimodal conversational agents. From version 0.0.90 to before version 1.2.0, a path traversal vulnerability exists in Pipecat's development runner (src/pipecat/runner/run.py). When the runner is started with the --folder flag, it exposes a GET /files/{filename:path} download endpoint. The filename path parameter is concatenated directly onto args.folder with no containment check. Starlette normalises literal ../ sequences in URLs, but %2F-encoded slashes bypass this normalisation: the path parameter is URL-decoded after routing, so ..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd resolves to a path two levels above args.folder. An attacker with network access to the runner can read any file the pipecat process has permission to access — including SSH private keys, credentials, and system files — with a single unauthenticated HTTP request. This issue has been patched in version 1.2.0.

CVSS 7.5 · High · EPSS 0.4% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: python

Affected products and versions

  • pipecat

    Versions
    • >= 0.0.90, < 1.2.0: Affected

    No fix published

  • pipecat-ai PyPI

    Versions
    • 0.0.100
    • 0.0.101
    • 0.0.102
    • 0.0.103
    • 0.0.104
    • 0.0.105
    • 0.0.106
    • 0.0.107
    • 0.0.108
    • 0.0.90
    • 0.0.91
    • 0.0.92
    • 0.0.93
    • 0.0.94
    • 0.0.95
    • 0.0.96
    • 0.0.97
    • 0.0.98
    • 0.0.99
    • 1.0.0
    • 1.1.0
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: ≥ 0.0.90, < 1.2.0

    Update to 1.2.0

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