# CVE-2026-28676: OpenSift: Insufficient path containment checks in storage helpers could allow path traversal-style file operations

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.3-alpha
- Published: 2026-03-06 · Updated: 2026-03-09

## Affected

- OpenSift: fixed in 1.6.3-alpha

## Description

OpenSift is an AI study tool that sifts through large datasets using semantic search and generative AI. Prior to version 1.6.3-alpha, multiple storage helpers used path construction patterns that did not uniformly enforce base-directory containment. This created path-injection risk in file read/write/delete flows if malicious path-like values were introduced. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.3-alpha.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenSift, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.3-alpha) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/OpenSift/OpenSift/security/advisories/GHSA-ww4m-c7hv-2rqv
- https://github.com/OpenSift/OpenSift/pull/67
- https://github.com/OpenSift/OpenSift/commit/1126e0a503876056a68a434e19f64158a5a4840b
- https://github.com/OpenSift/OpenSift/commit/de99b9c
- https://github.com/OpenSift/OpenSift/releases/tag/v1.6.3-alpha

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