What is CVE-2026-34524?
SillyTavern is a locally installed user interface that allows users to interact with text generation large language models, image generation engines, and text-to-speech voice models. Prior to version 1.17.0, a path traversal vulnerability in chat endpoints allows an authenticated attacker to read and delete arbitrary files under their user data root (for example secrets.json and settings.json) by supplying avatar_url="..". This issue has been patched in version 1.17.0.
Timeline
- 2026-04-02Published to the U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
- 2026-07-24NVD record last updated
Affected product
Sillytavern
Remediation Steps
- Update PX4 Autopilot firmware to patched version
- Implement cryptographic authentication on MAVLink interfaces
- Restrict MAVLink interface access to authorized systems only
- Audit command history logs for unauthorized shell executions
- Test patched firmware in safe testing environment before deployment
References
- https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/security/advisories/GHSA-vprr-q85p-79mf
- https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/releases/tag/1.17.0
- https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-090-02.json
- https://px4.io/security
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34524
Referenced in our briefings & reports
- Vulnerability Priority Report – Week 1 of April 2026 (April 6 – 12)
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