# CVE-2026-73291: Seerr: Path traversal to RCE via /avatarproxy image cache filename from upstream ETag

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.4.0
- Published: 2026-08-12 · Updated: 2026-08-13

## Affected

- seerr-team seerr: fixed in 3.4.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on seerr-team seerr, upgrade to a fixed version (3.4.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/seerr-team/seerr/security/advisories/GHSA-mc6w-69r3-62h8
- https://github.com/seerr-team/seerr/commit/f484791105bd81bd5404e01410431ee6fe5769c2
- https://github.com/seerr-team/seerr/releases/tag/v3.4.0

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