CVE-2026-54501 (GCVE-0-2026-54501)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-17 20:15
Modified
2026-09-17 20:23
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
- CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
- CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Summary
Browsertrix is a high-fidelity, browser-based crawling service for web archiving that can be self-hosted or used through Webrecorder's hosted instance. From 1.15.0 until 1.22.8, Browsertrix improperly sanitizes Git URLs specified as Custom Behaviors, allowing command injection through /api/orgs/*/crawlconfigs/validate/custom-behavior. A user with crawler or administrator permission on the specific instance can supply a crafted Git URL that executes arbitrary operating-system commands in the backend pod. Open registration or hosted free-trial access can make the required role broadly obtainable. Successful exploitation can expose, modify, or delete application database records, archived items, browser profiles, storage data, proxy credentials, and other configured service data. This issue is fixed in version 1.22.8.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| webrecorder | browsertrix |
Version: >= 1.15.0, < 1.22.8 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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