Critical severity9.8GHSA Advisory· Published May 9, 2026· Updated May 14, 2026
CVE-2026-42601
CVE-2026-42601
Description
ArchiveBox is an open source self-hosted web archiving system. In versions 0.8.6rc0 and prior, the /add/ endpoint (AddView in core/views.py) accepts a config JSON field that gets merged into the crawl config without validation. This config is exported as environment variables when archive plugins run, allowing injection of arbitrary tool arguments to achieve RCE. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
Affected products
1- Range: <= 0.8.6rc0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/security/advisories/GHSA-3h23-7824-pj8rnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-3h23-7824-pj8rghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42601ghsa
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