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CVE-2026-50558: brightio penelope · Path Traversal

Affects brightio penelopeSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.9 Medium : upgrade to 0.20.0 when convenient.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 17:11 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 30% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.20.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade penelope and brightio/penelope to 0.20.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
brightiopenelopeAffected
  • <0.20.0
Fixed in
  • 0.20.0
GitHubbrightio/penelopepkg:github/brightio/penelopeOther threatsAffected
  • <0.20.0
Fixed in
  • 0.20.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade to brightio penelope version 0.20.0 or later, where the vulnerability is fixed. Patch status is not explicitly stated in the vendor advisory, but the description confirms the issue is resolved starting with version 0.20.0. Until upgrading, avoid using the vulnerable download() function with untrusted tar archives.

Description

Penelope Shell Handler is a post-exploitation shell handler for authorized security testing. Prior to 0.20.0, the Unix download() implementation in penelope.py used tar.extractall(local_download_folder) on tar archives returned by remote sessions without validating member paths, allowing a malicious or compromised session to write files outside the intended download directory and potentially overwrite ~/.penelope/peneloperc. This issue is fixed in version 0.20.0.

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