CVE-2026-29871 Path traversal in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

An unauthenticated attacker can read arbitrary files from the server filesystem via a path traversal flaw in the stream-audio endpoint.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2026-29871?

CVE-2026-29871 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the awesome-llm-apps project in commit e46690f99c3f08be80a9877fab52acacf7ab8251 (2026-01-19) in the Beifong AI News and Podcast Agent backend in FastAPI backend, stream-audio endpoint, in file routers/podcast_router.py, in function stream_audio. The stream-audio endpoint accepts a user-controlled path parameter that is concatenated into a filesystem path without proper validation or restriction. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem, potentially disclosing sensitive information such as configuration files and credentials.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-29871?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Theunwindai Awesome Llm Apps.

How do I fix CVE-2026-29871?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-29871 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2026-29871 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-29871 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pj2x-hxmc-9rc3.

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