CVE-2026-85690 PUBLISHED

Plandex 2.2.1 Path Traversal via ApplyFiles

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 04.09.2026 Published: 04.09.2026 Updated: 04.09.2026

Plandex 2.2.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the ApplyFiles function that allows attackers to write files outside the project directory. Attackers can influence model output through poisoned repository files or attacker-controlled context to write to arbitrary locations like shell rc or cron files, achieving code execution.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.5

Product Status

Vendor plandex-ai
Product plandex
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.2.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • George Chen finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE