# CVE-2026-75482: SWE-agent Trajectory Inspector Path Traversal File Disclosure

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit path traversal in SWE-agent's trajectory inspector to read sensitive JSON files containing secrets and code.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`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`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hpx7-jm9p-88gh

## What is CVE-2026-75482?

CVE-2026-75482 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in SWE-agent, published on 17 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SWE-agent's trajectory inspector (sweagent inspector), confirmed in v1.1.0, is an HTTP server that joins request paths to the trajectory directory in its /trajectory/ handler without rejecting parent-directory ('..') references, bypassing the built-in path sanitization. The server binds all interfaces (0.0.0.0), applies wildcard CORS, and requires no authentication. An unauthenticated network client (or a malicious web page via CORS) can use path traversal sequences to read files outside the intended directory. Because the read sink parses targets as trajectory JSON, disclosure is constrained to JSON files shaped like a trajectory, which can contain repository contents, command output, and secrets/API keys.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-75482?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-75482?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-75482 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-75482 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-75482 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-75482 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-75482 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in SWE-agent, published on 17 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-75482 exists.

Affected product: SWE-agent. 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-2026-75482/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-75482/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75482
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75482
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-75482

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-75482/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.