Path Traversal in zhayujie CowAgent (CVE-2026-15331)
Summary
Path traversal in zhayujie CowAgent (CVE-2026-15331). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability was identified in zhayujie CowAgent up to 2.1.0. The affected element is the function _add_url/_add_package of the file agent/skills/service.py of the component Skill Installation Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to path traversal. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.1.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. The identifier of the patch is e85290cddcbb5ffc9c235927f4c92e5b4c3ec264. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-15331 has been found in zhayujie CowAgent.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "zhayujie CowAgent CVE-2026-15331" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-15331 (zhayujie CowAgent) — CWE-22 / CVSS v3 5.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Path traversal (CWE-22) exists in zhayujie CowAgent.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of zhayujie CowAgent.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで zhayujie CowAgent を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory vuldb.com
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- advisory github.com
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- report github.com
- report vuldb.com
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