CVE-2026-56260

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-12. the CNA's CVSS baseline 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:vulncheck, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Crawl4AI before 0.8.7 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the Docker API server's /screenshot and /pdf endpoints. The output_path parameter accepts arbitrary filesystem paths without validation, allowing an attacker to supply absolute or path-traversal values to write to any location writable by the application's user, overwriting server files and causing denial of service.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(high)
EPSS
34.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 12, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 12, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

Crawl4AI - Arbitrary File Write via output_path Parameter | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-arbitrary-file-write-via-output-path-parameter
generic

GitHub - unclecode/crawl4ai: 🚀🤖 Crawl4AI: Open-source LLM Friendly Web Crawler & Scraper. Don't be shy, join here: https://discord.gg/jP8KfhDhyN · GitHub

https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai
github Patch Available

Multiple Docker API Vulnerabilities - File Write, SSRF, Auth Bypass, XSS, JS Execution · Advisory · unclecode/crawl4ai · GitHub

https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56260(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
crawl4ai0.3.0 ... 0.8.6 (64 versions)0.8.7—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 51× in last 7d / 51× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-15 23:40 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-15 23:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-15 19:52 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-15 19:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-15 16:04 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-15 16:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-15 12:18 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-15 12:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-07-15 04:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-07-15 00:51 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-15 00:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-14 21:04 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-14 21:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-14 17:17 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-14 17:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-07-14 13:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-14 09:38 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-14 09:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-14 05:51 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-14 05:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-14 02:04 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-14 02:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-13 22:16 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-13 22:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-13 18:29 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-13 18:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-13 14:42 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-13 14:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-13 10:55 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-13 10:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-13 07:08 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-13 07:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-07-13 03:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-12 23:34 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-12 23:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-12 19:47 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-12 19:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-12 16:00 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-12 16:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-12 12:13 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-07-12 12:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56260?
CVE-2026-56260 is a critical vulnerability published on July 12, 2026. Crawl4AI before 0.8.7 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the Docker API server's /screenshot and /pdf endpoints. The output_path parameter accepts arbitrary filesystem paths without validation, allowing an attacker to supply absolute or path-traversal values to write to any location…
When was CVE-2026-56260 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56260 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 12, 2026, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-56260 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56260 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 34.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56260?
CVE-2026-56260 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 9.1 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56260?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56260, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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