steipete summarize up to 0.15.0 authorization

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A vulnerability was found in steipete summarize up to 0.15.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-45244. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in steipete summarize up to 0.15.0. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Summarize prior to 0.15.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows attackers to execute browser automation actions without per-call user approval when the extension automation feature is enabled. Attackers can influence the agent through malicious page or summary content to invoke enabled extension automation tools such as navigation or debugger-backed actions, bypassing the final user approval step when a user interacts with attacker-controlled content.

The weakness was shared by Chia Min Jun Lennon. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-45244 since 05/11/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.15.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch e64fe3ecd1bb4fdc181dcfa88c96b9e1914ced0e is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• steipete

Name

• summarize

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/steipete/summarize/

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