Mage AI up to 0.9.79 BrowserItemResource BrowserItemResource.py path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Mage AI up to 0.9.79. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file mage_ai/api/resources/BrowserItemResource.py of the component BrowserItemResource. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-81030. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mage AI up to 0.9.79. This issue affects an unknown function of the file mage_ai/api/resources/BrowserItemResource.py of the component BrowserItemResource. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mage AI does not confine the paths accepted by its browser-items API to the project directory. BrowserItemResource in mage_ai/api/resources/BrowserItemResource.py passes a caller-supplied path to the filesystem read and write helpers without calling the containment helper that the sibling FileContentResource and FileResource classes both use, so the resource contains no such call while those two contain several. A user holding the Viewer role, which grants read access within the project and nothing outside it, can therefore read any file the server process can read by supplying an absolute path. The permission model that would otherwise separate roles is not consulted for this route in the default configuration, because the setting that enables it defaults to false. Callers holding the Editor role additionally write through the same unconfined path, though that role is already able to execute code by design, so the boundary crossed by this flaw is the read available to the Viewer role.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-81030 since 08/26/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/26/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Artificial Intelligence Software

Name

• Mage AI

Version

• 0.9.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.10
• 0.9.11
• 0.9.12
• 0.9.13
• 0.9.14
• 0.9.15
• 0.9.16
• 0.9.17
• 0.9.18
• 0.9.19
• 0.9.20
• 0.9.21
• 0.9.22
• 0.9.23
• 0.9.24
• 0.9.25
• 0.9.26
• 0.9.27
• 0.9.28
• 0.9.29
• 0.9.30
• 0.9.31
• 0.9.32
• 0.9.33
• 0.9.34
• 0.9.35
• 0.9.36
• 0.9.37
• 0.9.38
• 0.9.39
• 0.9.40
• 0.9.41
• 0.9.42
• 0.9.43
• 0.9.44
• 0.9.45
• 0.9.46
• 0.9.47
• 0.9.48
• 0.9.49
• 0.9.50
• 0.9.51
• 0.9.52
• 0.9.53
• 0.9.54
• 0.9.55
• 0.9.56
• 0.9.57
• 0.9.58
• 0.9.59
• 0.9.60
• 0.9.61
• 0.9.62
• 0.9.63
• 0.9.64
• 0.9.65
• 0.9.66
• 0.9.67
• 0.9.68
• 0.9.69
• 0.9.70
• 0.9.71
• 0.9.72
• 0.9.73
• 0.9.74
• 0.9.75
• 0.9.76
• 0.9.77
• 0.9.78
• 0.9.79

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