Authenticated file disclosure via unchecked diff path
Published May 17, 2026 · Updated May 17, 2026
Path traversal in Kilo Code 7.0.0 through 7.0.47 allows remote authenticated users to read local files through the File Diff API. WorktreeDiff.detail passes the request's file value to path.join and Bun.file without confirming that the resolved path remains inside the worktree. Exploitation requires access to the opt-in server endpoint and discloses files readable by the Kilo process.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Kilo Code 7.0.0 through 7.0.47 allows remote authenticated users to read local files through the File Diff API. WorktreeDiff.detail passes the request's file value to path.join and Bun.file without confirming that the resolved path remains inside the worktree. Exploitation requires access to the opt-in server endpoint and discloses files readable by the Kilo process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-8765
- Published
- May 17, 2026
- Updated
- May 17, 2026
- Vendor
- Kilo Code
- Product
- Kilo Code
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=7.0.0
- Affected versionversion=7.0.1
- Affected versionversion=7.0.10
- Affected versionversion=7.0.11
- Affected versionversion=7.0.12
- Affected versionversion=7.0.13
- Affected versionversion=7.0.14
- Affected versionversion=7.0.15
- Affected versionversion=7.0.16
- Affected versionversion=7.0.17
- Affected versionversion=7.0.18
- Affected versionversion=7.0.19
- Affected versionversion=7.0.2
- Affected versionversion=7.0.20
- Affected versionversion=7.0.21
- Affected versionversion=7.0.22
- Affected versionversion=7.0.23
- Affected versionversion=7.0.24
- Affected versionversion=7.0.25
- Affected versionversion=7.0.26
- Affected versionversion=7.0.27
- Affected versionversion=7.0.28
- Affected versionversion=7.0.29
- Affected versionversion=7.0.3
- Affected versionversion=7.0.30
- Affected versionversion=7.0.31
- Affected versionversion=7.0.32
- Affected versionversion=7.0.33
- Affected versionversion=7.0.34
- Affected versionversion=7.0.35
- Affected versionversion=7.0.36
- Affected versionversion=7.0.37
- Affected versionversion=7.0.38
- Affected versionversion=7.0.39
- Affected versionversion=7.0.4
- Affected versionversion=7.0.40
- Affected versionversion=7.0.41
- Affected versionversion=7.0.42
- Affected versionversion=7.0.43
- Affected versionversion=7.0.44
- Affected versionversion=7.0.45
- Affected versionversion=7.0.46
- Affected versionversion=7.0.47
- Affected versionversion=7.0.5
- Affected versionversion=7.0.6
- Affected versionversion=7.0.7
- Affected versionversion=7.0.8
- Affected versionversion=7.0.9
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Kilo Code File Diff API path traversal proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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