CRITICAL9.1

PYSEC-2026-358

InvokeAI Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-358 — invokeai: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'invokeai>=5.3.0rc1'

Details

In invoke-ai/invokeai version v5.0.2, the web API `POST /api/v1/images/delete` is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion. This vulnerability allows unauthorized attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, potentially including critical or sensitive system files such as SSH keys, SQLite databases, and configuration files. This can impact the integrity and availability of applications relying on these files.

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Affected packages

PyPI/invokeai

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 5.3.0rc1

Fixpip install --upgrade 'invokeai>=5.3.0rc1'

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11042[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/invoke-ai/invokeai/commit/5440c037674882b2ab7acd59087e9bb04b49657a[WEB]
https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI[PACKAGE]
https://huntr.com/bounties/635535a7-c804-4789-ac3a-48d951263987[WEB]
https://pypi.org/project/invokeai[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-227r-w5j2-6243[ADVISORY]