# CVE-2026-58484: Network-AI: Poisoned environment backup manifest allows arbitrary recursive deletion during backup pruning

- Also known as: GHSA-2FMP-9RVW-HC96
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.12.2
- Published: 2026-07-20 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- Jovancoding Network-AI: fixed in 5.12.2
- network-ai (npm): fixed in 5.12.2

## Description

Network-AI is a TypeScript/Node.js multi-agent orchestrator. Prior to version 5.12.2, `EnvironmentManager.listBackups()` reads each backup's `_manifest.json` and trusts the manifest's `path` field. `EnvironmentManager.pruneBackups()` later passes that trusted `entry.path` directly to `rmSync(entry.path, { recursive: true, force: true })`. An attacker who can place or modify a manifest inside `data/<env>/.backups/<name>/_manifest.json` can cause `network-ai env backup prune --env <env> --keep <n>` or any code path invoking `pruneBackups()` to recursively delete an arbitrary path accessible to the Network-AI process user. This is fixed in v5.12.2. `pruneBackups()` no longer passes `entry.path` from the on-disk manifest to `rmSync`. The deletion path is recomputed from a format-validated `entry.backupId`, and a `dirname` containment check confines deletion to exactly one level under the backups directory. A poisoned manifest (e.g. `"path": "/"`) is now inert.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Jovancoding Network-AI, network-ai, upgrade to a fixed version (5.12.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/security/advisories/GHSA-2fmp-9rvw-hc96
- https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/commit/a59c13a1f0ce0e8a0779a90343eef92fac5ab4c3
- https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/releases/tag/v5.12.2

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