CVE-2026-75914, CoreCVE

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HIGH

CodeWhale before 0.8.64 Path Traversal via image_analyze symlink

Published Aug 18, 2026

8.7

HIGH

CVSS 4.0

EPSS 0.53%

Description

CodeWhale versions before 0.8.64 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the image_analyze tool that fails to canonicalize symlinks before reading files. Attackers can create workspace symlinks pointing to external files with image extensions to leak file bytes to the vision endpoint without user approval.

Affected products

Vendor Hmbown Product CodeWhale Default
unaffected
- Version
  0.8.32
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <0.8.41
- Version
  0.8.41
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <0.8.64
- Version
  0.8.41
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  0.8.64
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Hmbown

CodeWhale

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
0.8.32	affected	<0.8.41
0.8.41	affected	<0.8.64
0.8.41	unaffected	-
0.8.64	unaffected	-

deepseek-tui

crates.io

Introduced 0.8.32 Fixed not fixed
deepseek-tui

npm

Introduced 0.8.32 Fixed 0.8.41
codewhale-tui

crates.io

Introduced 0.8.41 Fixed 0.8.64
codewhale

npm

Introduced 0.8.41 Fixed 0.8.64

Ecosystem	Package	Introduced	Fixed
crates.io	deepseek-tui	0.8.32	not fixed
npm	deepseek-tui	0.8.32	0.8.41
crates.io	codewhale-tui	0.8.41	0.8.64
npm	codewhale	0.8.41	0.8.64

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.53% 0.00530

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00530

Score over time

Aug–Oct 2026

EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v5

Table of values (2 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.53% (0.00530)	42.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Aug 19, 2026	0.41% (0.00414)	34.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

CWE-59

References (5)

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/commit/26de44a8bd5051f8f944ea60b2c37ae1d2b7d25e		patch
https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-w7wx-5q49-r59w		vendor-advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7wx-5q49-r59w		Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75914
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codewhale-before-path-traversal-via-image-analyze-symlink		third-party-advisory