ArchiveBox is an open source self-hosted web archiving system. In versions 0.8.6rc0 and prior, the /add/ endpoint (AddView in core/views.py) accepts a config JSON field that gets merged into the crawl config without validation. This config is exported as environment variables when archive plugins run, allowing injection of arbitrary tool arguments to achieve RCE. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
ArchiveBox ArchiveBox affected
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<= 0.8.6rc0 affected —

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3h23-7824-pj8r ArchiveBox Vulnerable to RCE via unvalidated per-crawl config overrides in AddView
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History

Sat, 09 May 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description ArchiveBox is an open source self-hosted web archiving system. In versions 0.8.6rc0 and prior, the /add/ endpoint (AddView in core/views.py) accepts a config JSON field that gets merged into the crawl config without validation. This config is exported as environment variables when archive plugins run, allowing injection of arbitrary tool arguments to achieve RCE. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
Title ArchiveBox Vulnerable to RCE via unvalidated per-crawl config overrides in AddView
Weaknesses CWE-88
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-09T19:29:23.265Z

Reserved: 2026-04-29T00:31:15.725Z

Link: CVE-2026-42601

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-09T20:16:29.873

Modified: 2026-05-09T20:16:29.873

Link: CVE-2026-42601

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Updated: 2026-05-09T20:30:41Z

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