{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-44716: Pipecat: Path Traversal in Pipecat Runner `/files` Endpoint — Arbitrary File Read via `%2F`-Encoded Separator","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-44716","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-09T23:07:25.868Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-10T13:14:07.004Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-09T23:07:25.868Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Pipecat is an open-source Python framework for building real-time voice and multimodal conversational agents. From version 0.0.90 to before version 1.2.0, a path traversal vulnerability exists in Pipecat's development runner (src/pipecat/runner/run.py). When the runner is started with the --folder flag, it exposes a GET /files/{filename:path} download endpoint. The filename path parameter is concatenated directly onto args.folder with no containment check. Starlette normalises literal ../ sequences in URLs, but %2F-encoded slashes bypass this normalisation: the path parameter is URL-decoded after routing, so ..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd resolves to a path two levels above args.folder. An attacker with network access to the runner can read any file the pipecat process has permission to access — including SSH private keys, credentials, and system files — with a single unauthenticated HTTP request. This issue has been patched in version 1.2.0.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-44716 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-44716"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44716"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/security/advisories/GHSA-3363-2ph6-35wh","url":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/security/advisories/GHSA-3363-2ph6-35wh"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/pull/4417","url":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/pull/4417"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/commit/7519c26ac5508573c35fa3a9c4717b013993d129","url":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/commit/7519c26ac5508573c35fa3a9c4717b013993d129"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/releases/tag/v1.2.0","url":"https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/releases/tag/v1.2.0"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"pipecat-ai","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"pipecat","branches":[{"category":"product_version","name":">= 0.0.90, < 1.2.0","product":{"name":"pipecat-ai pipecat >= 0.0.90, < 1.2.0","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:pipecat-ai:pipecat:\\>\\=_0.0.90\\,_\\<_1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-44716","title":"Pipecat: Path Traversal in Pipecat Runner `/files` Endpoint — Arbitrary File Read via `%2F`-Encoded Separator","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Pipecat is an open-source Python framework for building real-time voice and multimodal conversational agents. From version 0.0.90 to before version 1.2.0, a path traversal vulnerability exists in Pipecat's development runner (src/pipecat/runner/run.py). When the runner is started with the --folder flag, it exposes a GET /files/{filename:path} download endpoint. The filename path parameter is concatenated directly onto args.folder with no containment check. Starlette normalises literal ../ sequences in URLs, but %2F-encoded slashes bypass this normalisation: the path parameter is URL-decoded after routing, so ..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd resolves to a path two levels above args.folder. An attacker with network access to the runner can read any file the pipecat process has permission to access — including SSH private keys, credentials, and system files — with a single unauthenticated HTTP request. This issue has been patched in version 1.2.0.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["CSAFPID-1"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"none_available","details":"No fixed version is published yet. Monitor the upstream advisory.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1"]}]}]}