CVE-2026-43891 PUBLISHED

changedetection.io: Arbitrary Local File Read via crafted backup restore

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 04.05.2026 Published: 12.05.2026 Updated: 12.05.2026

changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to 0.55.1, the vulnerability is caused by trusting attacker-controlled snapshot paths restored from backup files. The vulnerable flow starts in the backup restore logic. When a backup ZIP is restored, the application extracts the archive and copies each restored watch UUID directory directly into the live datastore using shutil.copytree(entry.path, dst_dir). This preserves attacker-controlled files inside the restored watch directory, including history.txt. After restore, the application parses history.txt in the watch history property and returns the contents of the targeted local file. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.55.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor dgtlmoon
Product changedetection.io
Versions
  • Version < 0.55.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path CWE