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CVE-2026-55488: motioneye · Path Traversal

Affects motioneyeSource CVE Database V5

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Public exploit available · CVSS 7.7 High : upgrade to 0.44.0 as a priority.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 49% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.44.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Jun 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  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), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade motioneye and motioneye-project/motioneye to 0.44.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
motioneye-projectmotioneyeAffected
  • <0.44.0
Fixed in
  • 0.44.0
GitHubmotioneye-project/motioneyepkg:github/motioneye-project/motioneyeOther threatsAffected
  • <0.44.0
Fixed in
  • 0.44.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade motionEye to version 0.44.0 or later, where this path traversal vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigations are specified. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor stating the fix in version 0.44.0.

Description

motionEye (mEye) is an online interface for a piece of software called "motion," which is a video surveillance program with motion detection. Versions prior to 0.44.0 contain an absolute path traversal vulnerability in multiple media file handlers that allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the filesystem. The affected handlers accept a user-controlled filename parameter and construct filesystem paths using `os.path.join()`. When an absolute path is supplied, Python discards the configured media directory and returns the attacker-supplied path directly. The application then bypasses Tornado's built-in path validation by overriding the relevant safety checks. As a result, an attacker can access files outside of the configured camera media directory, subject to the permissions of the motionEye process. Version 0.44.0 fixes the issue.

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