CVE-2026-42601

ArchiveBox Vulnerable to RCE via unvalidated per-crawl config overrides in AddView

Published May 9, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3h23-7824-pj8r ArchiveBox Vulnerable to RCE via unvalidated per-crawl config overrides in AddView
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:archivebox:archivebox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:archivebox:archivebox:0.8.6:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 2:45 PM
Reserved
Apr 29, 2026, 12:31 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 9, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Jul 24, 2026, 7:10 PM