CVE-2026-75914: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Hmbown CodeWhale
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.
CVE-2026-75914: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Hmbown CodeWhale
Description
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.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.7high
Affected software
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-18T15:05:54.225Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a847ba0c6e8be033266555b
Added to database: 08/18/2026, 15:34:56 UTC
Last updated: 08/18/2026, 15:34:56 UTC
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