Description
crawl4ai before 0.9.3 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in PDFContentScrapingStrategy where the _filter_untrusted_fields function fails to validate untrusted configuration fields. Attackers can submit crafted config bodies with malicious image_save_dir paths to write attacker-controlled bytes into any directory accessible to the service account.
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Unclecode
Unclecode crawl4ai
Vendors & Products Unclecode
Unclecode crawl4ai

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description crawl4ai before 0.9.3 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in PDFContentScrapingStrategy where the _filter_untrusted_fields function fails to validate untrusted configuration fields. Attackers can submit crafted config bodies with malicious image_save_dir paths to write attacker-controlled bytes into any directory accessible to the service account.
Title crawl4ai before 0.9.3 Arbitrary File Write via PDFContentScrapingStrategy
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Unclecode Crawl4ai
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T15:47:15.999Z

Reserved: 2026-09-15T11:07:01.912Z

Link: CVE-2026-91940

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T15:47:09.235Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T16:17:45.460

Modified: 2026-09-15T16:17:45.460

Link: CVE-2026-91940

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T17:00:12Z

Weaknesses