# CVE-2026-45565: Path traversal in roxy-wi

> Attackers can bypass input validation to achieve path traversal and remote code execution in Roxy-WI by appending specific metacharacters to directory traversal payloads.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7qm8-cm8p-9rx3

## What is CVE-2026-45565?

CVE-2026-45565 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in roxy-wi, published on 10 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Roxy-WI is a web interface for managing Haproxy, Nginx, Apache and Keepalived servers. In versions 8.2.6.4 and prior, EscapedString (app/modules/roxywi/class_models.py:16-30) is the centralised Pydantic validator used on dozens of fields including SSH credential name, username, description, etc. Its if/elif/elif/else flow returns the metacharacter-stripped value without also enforcing the .. block. An attacker who appends a single ;, &, |, $, or backtick to a .. payload routes the value through the strip arm, where .. survives unblocked and the result is not shlex.quote()'d either. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation), CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-117 (Improper Output Neutralization for Logs)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-45565?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-45565?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-45565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-45565 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-45565 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-45565 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-45565 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in roxy-wi, published on 10 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-45565 exists.

Affected product: roxy-wi. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-45565/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-45565/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45565
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45565
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45565

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-45565/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.