Vulnerability · Published Jul 10, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-15331zhayujie CowAgent Skill Installation service.py _add_package path traversal
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in CowAgent from zhayujie. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was identified in zhayujie CowAgent up to 2.1.0. The affected element is the function _add_url/_add_package of the file agent/skills/service.py of the component Skill Installation Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to path traversal. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.1.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. The identifier of the patch is e85290cddcbb5ffc9c235927f4c92e5b4c3ec264. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-377274 | zhayujie CowAgent Skill Installation service.py _add_package path traversal vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-377274 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-15331 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #853104 | zhayujie CowAgent <= 2.1.0 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (CWE-22) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/issues/2873 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/pull/2886 issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/commit/e85290cddcbb5ffc9c235927f4c92e5b4c3ec264 patch
- https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/releases/tag/2.1.2 patch
- https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/ product