Banana Slides through 0.4.0, patched in commit e8bc490, contains a path traversal vulnerability in the generate_image() function within the AI service backend that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary image-format files outside the intended uploads directory by exploiting an incomplete path prefix check using os.path.startswith() without a trailing separator. Attackers can supply crafted markdown image references in user-controlled page descriptions that resolve to sibling directories whose names share the uploads folder prefix, bypassing the directory confinement check and causing the application to read files from unintended locations via PIL Image.open().

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Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description Banana Slides through 0.4.0, patched in commit e8bc490, contains a path traversal vulnerability in the generate_image() function within the AI service backend that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary image-format files outside the intended uploads directory by exploiting an incomplete path prefix check using os.path.startswith() without a trailing separator. Attackers can supply crafted markdown image references in user-controlled page descriptions that resolve to sibling directories whose names share the uploads folder prefix, bypassing the directory confinement check and causing the application to read files from unintended locations via PIL Image.open().
Title Banana Slides 0.4.0 Path Traversal via generate_image() in ai_service.py
Weaknesses CWE-22
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-02T15:39:40.631Z

Reserved: 2026-05-27T17:40:12.738Z

Link: CVE-2026-49136

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-02T15:39:35.879Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-06-01T21:16:46.627

Modified: 2026-06-02T14:45:28.410

Link: CVE-2026-49136

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-02T20:52:45Z

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