Vulnerability Analysis
ByteDance DeerFlow Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write via Bootstrap Mode
CVE-2026-40518
ByteDance DeerFlow before commit 2176b2b contains a path traversal and arbitrary file write vulnerability in bootstrap-mode custom-agent creation where the agent name validation is bypassed. Attackers can supply traversal-style values or absolute paths as the agent name to influence directory creation and write files outside the intended custom-agent directory, potentially achieving arbitrary file write on the system subject to filesystem permissions.
Path Traversal
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.1
HIGH
Exploitability:-
Impact Score:-
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:0.36%
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
No
KEV Date Added
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Ransomware Use
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KEV Due Date
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VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
0.356%
EPSS Percentile
28.6th pct
GHSA ID
GitHub Severity
HIGH
SSVC Exploitation
Proof of Concept
SSVC Automatable
No
Vulnerability Class
Path Traversal
Identity & Timeline
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| Assigning Authority | - |
| Discovered Via | - |
| Record Completeness | - |
| CVSS Version / Source | - |
| Reserved | - |
| Published | - |
| Patch Date (date_public) | - |
| Exploit DB Date | - |
| First GitHub PoC Date | - |
| Last Updated | - |
| Time to Patch (Days to fix) | - |
| Exploit Release Gap | - |
| PoC Release Gap | - |
| Exploit DB References | None identified |
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
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| No affected products specified. | ||
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