ArchiveBox is an open source self-hosted web archiving system. In versions 0.8.6rc0 and prior, the /add/ endpoint (AddView in core/views.py) accepts a config JSON field that gets merged into the crawl config without validation. This config is exported as environment variables when archive plugins run, allowing injection of arbitrary tool arguments to achieve RCE. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
History

Sat, 09 May 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Archivebox
Archivebox archivebox
Vendors & Products Archivebox
Archivebox archivebox

Sat, 09 May 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ArchiveBox is an open source self-hosted web archiving system. In versions 0.8.6rc0 and prior, the /add/ endpoint (AddView in core/views.py) accepts a config JSON field that gets merged into the crawl config without validation. This config is exported as environment variables when archive plugins run, allowing injection of arbitrary tool arguments to achieve RCE. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
Title ArchiveBox Vulnerable to RCE via unvalidated per-crawl config overrides in AddView
Weaknesses CWE-88
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-05-09T19:29:23.265Z

Updated: 2026-05-09T19:29:23.265Z

Reserved: 2026-04-29T00:31:15.725Z

Link: CVE-2026-42601

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-09T20:16:29.873

Modified: 2026-05-09T20:16:29.873

Link: CVE-2026-42601

cve-icon Redhat

No data.