High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-91771
CVE-2026-91771
Description
Weights & Biases wandb before 0.29.0 fails to validate the file name from server responses in the File.download function, allowing path traversal attacks. Attackers controlling the backend can supply file names with directory traversal sequences to write files outside the intended download directory, potentially enabling code execution through modification of shell startup files or Python import paths.
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/wandb/wandb/blob/v0.27.2/wandb/apis/public/files.pynvd
- github.com/wandb/wandb/commit/e52558f3a6a94ea816af74969a13a35e5904cad6nvd
- github.com/wandb/wandb/issues/12592nvd
- github.com/wandb/wandb/releases/tag/v0.29.0nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/weights-biases-wandb-before-0.29.0-path-traversal-via-file-downloadnvd
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