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Medium · 6.0 CVE-2026-71492 EUVD-2026-63414GHSA-x8wg-4xgc-vr54PYSEC-2026-3810

Banks: Path traversal in `DirectoryPromptRegistry.set()` allows arbitrary file write outside the registry root

Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Banks generates meaningful LLM prompts using a simple template language. Prior to version 2.4.5, DirectoryPromptRegistry.set() in src/banks/registries/directory.py interpolates attacker-controlled Prompt.name and Prompt.version values into a Path without canonicalization or containment validation. Relative traversal such as ../victim/foo and an absolute Prompt.name can escape or discard the configured registry root, while overwrite=True permits replacement of existing target files. The poisoned name is persisted in index.json and reconstructed by _load(), allowing the out-of-root path to survive later registry loads. An application that forwards request data into these fields can therefore write Prompt.raw bytes to attacker-chosen paths writable by the application process. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.5.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
masci banks < 2.4.5 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI banks < 2.4.5 2.4.5 GHSA-x8wg-4xgc-vr54

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