CVE-2026-73291
Seerr: Path traversal to RCE via /avatarproxy image cache filename from upstream ETag
Seerr is an open-source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. Prior to version 3.4.0, Seerr's ImageProxy in server/lib/imageproxy.ts uses the upstream ETag and Content-Type response headers to build a cache filename for the unauthenticated GET /avatarproxy/:jellyfinUserId route, allowing a malicious or compromised Jellyfin or Emby server, or a man-in-the-middle attacker on a plaintext media-server connection, to supply traversal sequences that path.join and fs.writeFile normalize outside the cache directory, overwrite /app/dist/index.js or other files, and execute code as the node user after a container restart. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.1
Seerr: Path traversal to RCE via /avatarproxy image cache filename from upstream ETag
Seerr is an open-source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. Prior to version 3.4.0, Seerr's ImageProxy in server/lib/imageproxy.ts uses the upstream ETag and Content-Type response headers to build a cache filename for the unauthenticated GET /avatarproxy/:jellyfinUserId route, allowing a malicious or compromised Jellyfin or Emby server, or a man-in-the-middle attacker on a plaintext media-server connection, to supply traversal sequences that path.join and fs.writeFile normalize outside the cache directory, overwrite /app/dist/index.js or other files, and execute code as the node user after a container restart. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.0.
- Record
CVE-2026-73291- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-57237
7.1
Seerr is an open-source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. Prior to version 3.4.0, Seerr's ImageProxy in server/lib/imageproxy.ts uses the upstream ETag and Content-Type response headers to build a cache filename for the unauthenticated GET /avatarproxy/:jellyfinUserId route, allowing a malicious or compromised Jellyfin or Emby server, or a man-in-the-middle attacker on a plaintext media-server connection, to supply traversal sequences that path.join and fs.writeFile normalize outside the cache directory, overwrite /app/dist/index.js or other files, and execute code as the node user after a container restart. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.0.
- Record
EUVD-2026-57237- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.1
Seerr is an open-source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. Prior to version 3.4.0, Seerr's ImageProxy in server/lib/imageproxy.ts uses the upstream ETag and Content-Type response headers to build a cache filename for the unauthenticated GET /avatarproxy/:jellyfinUserId route, allowing a malicious or compromised Jellyfin or Emby server, or a man-in-the-middle attacker on a plaintext media-server connection, to supply traversal sequences that path.join and fs.writeFile normalize outside the cache directory, overwrite /app/dist/index.js or other files, and execute code as the node user after a container restart. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.0.
- Record
CVE-2026-73291- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.1
Seerr: Path traversal to RCE via /avatarproxy image cache filename from upstream ETag
Seerr is an open-source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. Prior to version 3.4.0, Seerr's ImageProxy in server/lib/imageproxy.ts uses the upstream ETag and Content-Type response headers to build a cache filename for the unauthenticated GET /avatarproxy/:jellyfinUserId route, allowing a malicious or compromised Jellyfin or Emby server, or a man-in-the-middle attacker on a plaintext media-server connection, to supply traversal sequences that path.join and fs.writeFile normalize outside the cache directory, overwrite /app/dist/index.js or other files, and execute code as the node user after a container restart. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.0.
- Record
CVE-2026-73291- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-73291 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Seerr-team Seerr, published August 12, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/seerr-team/seerr/security/advisories/GHSA-mc6w-69r3-62h8
github.com/seerr-team/seerr/commit/f484791105bd81bd5404e01410431ee6fe5769c2
github.com/seerr-team/seerr/releases/tag/v3.4.0
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/73xxx/CVE-2026-73291.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73291