{"id":"CVE-2026-77825","title":"IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway 1.0.0 through 1.0.8 was vulnerable to path traversal in its Admin API log-download endpoint (`GET /v1/admin/logs/file`)","summary":"IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway 1.0.0 through 1.0.8 was vulnerable to path traversal in its Admin API log-download endpoint (`GET /v1/admin/logs/file`). The path confinement check uses `str.startswith()` rather than proper boundary validati…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-22"],"vendor":"ibm","product":"contextforge","affected":["contextforge >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.9"],"patched":["contextforge 1.0.9"],"published":"2026-09-24","updated":"2026-09-29","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-29T13:26:00.887","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77825","references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7289314","label":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-26T22:40:15.788728Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-24T15:45:56.645Z","epss":0.00316,"epssPercentile":0.2442,"slug":"CVE-2026-77825","body":"## Overview\n\nIBM ContextForge MCP Gateway 1.0.0 through 1.0.8 was vulnerable to path traversal in its Admin API log-download endpoint (`GET /v1/admin/logs/file`). The path confinement check uses `str.startswith()` rather than proper boundary validation, allowing an authenticated admin to read `.log`, `.jsonl`, and `.json` files outside the configured `LOG_FOLDER` by supplying a filename that resolves into a sibling directory whose absolute path shares the log directory's string prefix.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `contextforge >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.9`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `contextforge 1.0.9`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":27,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}