CVE-2026-43891

Published: Mag 12, 2026 Last Modified: Mag 12, 2026
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HIGH 7,5
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none

Description

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changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to 0.55.1, the vulnerability is caused by trusting attacker-controlled snapshot paths restored from backup files. The vulnerable flow starts in the backup restore logic. When a backup ZIP is restored, the application extracts the archive and copies each restored watch UUID directory directly into the live datastore using shutil.copytree(entry.path, dst_dir). This preserves attacker-controlled files inside the restored watch directory, including history.txt. After restore, the application parses history.txt in the watch history property and returns the contents of the targeted local file. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.55.1.

73

External Control of File Name or Path

Draft
Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity Confidentiality Availability
Potential Impacts:
Read Files Or Directories Modify Files Or Directories Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Applicable Platforms
Operating Systems: Unix, Windows, macOS
Likelihood of Exploit: High
View CWE Details
https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/security/adv…
https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/security/advisories/GHSA-8757-69…