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CVE-2026-27897
CRITICAL · CVSS 10
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-03-11T16:16:40.133 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:27:50.510

Summary

Vociferous provides cross-platform, offline speech-to-text with local AI refinement. Prior to 4.4.2, the vulnerability exists in src/api/system.py within the export_file route. The application accepts a JSON payload containing a filename and content. While the developer intended for a native UI dialog to handle the file path, the API does not validate the filename string before it is processed by the backends filesystem logic. Because the API is unauthenticated and the CORS configuration in app.py is overly permissive (allow_origins=["*"] or allowing localhost), an external attacker can bypass the UI entirely. By using directory traversal sequences (../), an attacker can force the app to write arbitrary data to any location accessible by the current user's permissions. This vulnerability i

Affected products

wanderingastronomer — vociferous

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References

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