Mage AI does not confine the paths accepted by its browser-items API to the project directory. BrowserItemResource in mage_ai/api/resources/BrowserItemResource.py passes a caller-supplied path to the filesystem read and write helpers without calling the containment helper that the sibling FileContentResource and FileResource classes both use, so the resource contains no such call while those two contain several. A user holding the Viewer role, which grants read access within the project and nothing outside it, can therefore read any file the server process can read by supplying an absolute path. The permission model that would otherwise separate roles is not consulted for this route in the default configuration, because the setting that enables it defaults to false. Callers holding the Editor role additionally write through the same unconfined path, though that role is already able to execute code by design, so the boundary crossed by this flaw is the read available to the Viewer role.
CVE-2026-81030
Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-26. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(high)
- EG Risk
- 45(Track)EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity65% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 32%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 26, 2026
Last Modified
August 26, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Aug 26, 2026Mage AI through 0.9.79 Arbitrary File Read via Unvalidated Path in browser_items Endpoint | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mage-ai-through-0.9.79-arbitrary-file-read-via-unvalidated-path-in-browser-items-endpointmage-ai/mage_ai/api/resources/BrowserItemResource.py at 0.9.79 · mage-ai/mage-ai · GitHub
https://github.com/mage-ai/mage-ai/blob/0.9.79/mage_ai/api/resources/BrowserItemResource.py[Security] Arbitrary file read/write via /api/browser_items endpoint · Issue #6134 · mage-ai/mage-ai · GitHub
https://github.com/mage-ai/mage-ai/issues/6134GitHub - mage-ai/mage-ai: 🧙 Build, run, and manage data pipelines for integrating and transforming data. · GitHub
https://github.com/mage-ai/mage-aiVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-81030(1)
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- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-29 15:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-29 15:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-28 16:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-27 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-26 17:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-26 16:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-26 15:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-26 15:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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