CVE-2026-71492

Medium

Description

Banks generates meaningful LLM prompts using a simple template language. Prior to version 2.4.5, DirectoryPromptRegistry.set() in src/banks/registries/directory.py interpolates attacker-controlled Prompt.name and Prompt.version values into a Path without canonicalization or containment validation. Relative traversal such as ../victim/foo and an absolute Prompt.name can escape or discard the configured registry root, while overwrite=True permits replacement of existing target files. The poisoned name is persisted in index.json and reconstructed by _load(), allowing the out-of-root path to survive later registry loads. An application that forwards request data into these fields can therefore write Prompt.raw bytes to attacker-chosen paths writable by the application process. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.5.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.0
Exploit probability—
ProductBanks
PublishedAug 20, 2026
First seenAug 20, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • banks2.4.5 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
banksPyPIv < 2.4.52.4.5

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