CVE-2026-42601

ArchiveBox is an open source self-hosted web archiving system. In versions 0.8.6rc0 and prior, the /add/ endpoint (AddView in core/views.py) accepts a config JSON field that gets merged into the crawl config without validation. This config is exported as environment variables when archive plugins run, allowing injection of arbitrary tool arguments to achieve RCE. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/security/advisories/GHSA-3h23-7824-pj8r	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/security/advisories/GHSA-3h23-7824-pj8r	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:archivebox:archivebox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:archivebox:archivebox:0.8.6:rc0::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-09 20:16

Updated : 2026-07-24 19:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-42601

Mitre link : CVE-2026-42601

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42601

JSON object : View

Products Affected

archivebox

archivebox

CWE

CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

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