CVE-2026-72567
Unauthenticated path traversal enabling root file write/delete via deepwiki-open wiki-cache.
Is CVE-2026-72567 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-72567 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.55% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-72567?
CVE-2026-72567 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-72567?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-72567, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-72567 affect?
CVE-2026-72567 affects AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open (api/api.py, wiki-cache endpoint), Instances exposing wiki-cache API, Containers/servers running the service as root. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-72567?
Isolate or block the wiki-cache endpoint, remove public exposure, apply vendor patch when available, run service non-root.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote unauthenticated path traversal allows arbitrary file write/delete and root privilege escalation on hosts running the service.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 16f35a0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.