Chainlit through 2.12.0 fails to validate the client-supplied socket.io sessionId parameter, allowing unauthenticated attackers to traverse filesystem paths by injecting absolute or relative path sequences. Attackers can craft malicious sessionId values that escape the upload directory and recursively delete arbitrary directories accessible to the service process.

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Description Chainlit through 2.12.0 fails to validate the client-supplied socket.io sessionId parameter, allowing unauthenticated attackers to traverse filesystem paths by injecting absolute or relative path sequences. Attackers can craft malicious sessionId values that escape the upload directory and recursively delete arbitrary directories accessible to the service process.
Title Chainlit through 2.12.0 Path Traversal via socket.io sessionId
First Time appeared Chainlit
Chainlit chainlit
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:chainlit:chainlit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Chainlit
Chainlit chainlit
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-09T14:49:36.459Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T22:51:17.817Z

Link: CVE-2026-86099

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-09T14:17:20.387

Modified: 2026-09-09T14:17:20.387

Link: CVE-2026-86099

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