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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-27598 EUVD-2026-8576GHSA-6v48-fcq6-ff23GO-2026-4542

Dagu: Path traversal in DAG creation allows arbitrary YAML file write outside DAGs directory

Published Feb 25, 2026 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Dagu is a workflow engine with a built-in Web user interface. In versions up to and including 1.16.7, the `CreateNewDAG` API endpoint (`POST /api/v1/dags`) does not validate the DAG name before passing it to the file store. An authenticated user with DAG write permissions can write arbitrary YAML files anywhere on the filesystem (limited by the process permissions). Since dagu executes DAG files as shell commands, writing a malicious DAG to the DAGs directory of another instance or overwriting config files can lead to remote code execution. Commit e2ed589105d79273e4e6ac8eb31525f765bb3ce4 fixes the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
dagu-org dagu <= 1.16.7 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260226T182644-150000.1.149.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0757-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/dagu-org/dagu <= 1.16.7 — GHSA-6v48-fcq6-ff23
Go github.com/dagu-org/dagu all versions — GO-2026-4542

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