CVE-2026-44716 — Security Box Score

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CVE-2026-44716HIGH

pipecat-ai pipecat — Pipecat: Path Traversal in Pipecat Runner `/files` Endpoint — Arbitrary File Read via `%2F`-Encoded Separator

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  N  N    7.5   .0042   35.5     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions              Fixed
  pipecat  >= 0.0.90, < 1.2.0 –  —

TIMELINE
  May 7   Reserved by GitHub_M
  Jun 9   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44716 (pipecat-ai pipecat). Public exploit reference added.
  Jun 9   Published (CNA: GitHub_M)

CWE-22 · CNA: GitHub_M · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Pipecat is an open-source Python framework for building real-time voice and multimodal conversational agents. From version 0.0.90 to before version 1.2.0, a path traversal vulnerability exists in Pipecat's development runner (src/pipecat/runner/run.py). When the runner is started with the --folder flag, it exposes a GET /files/{filename:path} download endpoint. The filename path parameter is concatenated directly onto args.folder with no containment check. Starlette normalises literal ../ sequences in URLs, but %2F-encoded slashes bypass this normalisation: the path parameter is URL-decoded after routing, so ..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd resolves to a path two levels above args.folder. An attacker with network access to the runner can read any file the pipecat process has permission to access — including SSH private keys, credentials, and system files — with a single unauthenticated HTTP request. This issue has been patched in version 1.2.0.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
May 7, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by GitHub_M
June 9, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44716 (pipecat-ai pipecat). Public exploit reference added.
June 9, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: GitHub_M)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
pipecat-ai	pipecat	—	>= 0.0.90, < 1.2.0	—

Weaknesses

CWE-22

References (4)

https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/commit/7519c26ac5508573c35fa3a9c4717b013993d129 [Patch]
https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/pull/4417 [Issue Tracking, Patch]
https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/releases/tag/v1.2.0 [Release Notes]
https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/security/advisories/GHSA-3363-2ph6-35wh [Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-44716 at cve.org

Vendors: pipecat-ai

Weaknesses: CWE-22

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