CVE-2026-41948 — Dify v1.14.1 Path Traversal via Plugin Daemon Internal API Access

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

• Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Dify Dify, Langgenius Dify).
2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
3. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
4. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (file handling), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-23 · Relative Path Traversal

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Public exploits, PoCs and detection templates

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EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 1.89%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Monitor file creation in web directories and paths with traversal sequences (../).

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Affected products added · langgenius/dify
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 9.4
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVE published
  May 18, 2026 · VulnCheck

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 1× References added · Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

6 on the record

• github.com/langgenius/dify/pull/35796
  Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, issue-tracking, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-h666-98mq-949j
  GitHub Security Advisories
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41948
  GitHub Security Advisories
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dify-path-traversal-via-plugin-daemon-internal-api-access
  Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.zafran.io/resources/difytap-zafran-discovers-how-attackers-can-silently-wiretap
  technical-description, exploit, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• huntr.com/bounties/35b7ad59-e35d-443f-bf77-387bfb932ec0
  Exploit, Third Party Advisory, technical-description, exploit, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

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• Medium CVE-2026-18632 langgenius dify Jinja2 jinja2_transformer.py jinja2.Template special elements used in a template engine Aug 3, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-18266 Dify AI Workflow oauth_redirect_url Open Redirect Vulnerability Jul 29, 2026
• High CVE-2026-61461 Dify < 1.16.0-rc1 SQL Injection via MyScale Vector Store search_by_full_text Jul 10, 2026
• High CVE-2026-41949 Dify < 1.14.2 Authorization Bypass via File Preview Endpoint May 18, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-41948 is "Dify v1.14.1 Path Traversal via Plugin Daemon Internal API Access", rated Critical. It affects Dify (Dify); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 9.4 describes technical severity. EPSS 1.89% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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