CVE-2026-73291 PUBLISHED

Seerr: Path traversal to RCE via /avatarproxy image cache filename from upstream ETag

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 11.08.2026 Published: 12.08.2026 Updated: 12.08.2026

Seerr is an open-source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. Prior to version 3.4.0, Seerr's ImageProxy in server/lib/imageproxy.ts uses the upstream ETag and Content-Type response headers to build a cache filename for the unauthenticated GET /avatarproxy/:jellyfinUserId route, allowing a malicious or compromised Jellyfin or Emby server, or a man-in-the-middle attacker on a plaintext media-server connection, to supply traversal sequences that path.join and fs.writeFile normalize outside the cache directory, overwrite /app/dist/index.js or other files, and execute code as the node user after a container restart. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor seerr-team
Product seerr
Versions
  • Version < 3.4.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE
  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE