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CVE-2026-54501

DiscoveredSep 17, 2026UpdatedSep 24, 2026

Browsertrix is a high-fidelity, browser-based crawling service for web archiving that can be self-hosted or used through Webrecorder's hosted instance. From 1.15.0 until 1.22.8, Browsertrix improperly sanitizes Git URLs specified as Custom Behaviors, allowing command injection through /api/orgs/*/crawlconfigs/validate/custom-behavior. A user with crawler or administrator permission on the specific instance can supply a crafted Git URL that executes arbitrary operating-system commands in the backend pod. Open registration or hosted free-trial access can make the required role broadly obtainable. Successful exploitation can expose, modify, or delete application database records, archived items, browser profiles, storage data, proxy credentials, and other configured service data. This issue…

CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
1.22%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Sep 25, 2026 → Sep 26, 2026
▼ 0.58pp
1.79% → 1.22% over 2 tracked changes
Connections
5 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Sep 17, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Sep 24, 2026