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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-43891

changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool.

Published May 12, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · changedetection.io is a free

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-43891. EPSS is 0.50%. Act only if a listed version of changedetection.io is a free is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (changedetection.io is a free).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.50%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe webtechnologies/changedetection

changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to 0.55.1, the vulnerability is caused by trusting attacker-controlled snapshot paths restored from backup files. The vulnerable flow starts in the backup restore logic. When a backup ZIP is restored, the application extracts the archive and copies each restored watch UUID directory directly into the live datastore using shutil.copytree(entry.path, dst_dir). This preserves attacker-controlled files inside the restored watch directory, including history.txt. After restore, the application parses history.txt in the watch history property and returns the contents of the targeted local file. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.55.1.

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  • cpe webtechnologies/changedetectionversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-43891

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-43891. EPSS is 0.50%. Act only if a listed version of changedetection.io is a free is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-73. EPSS 0.50%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 12, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to 0.55.1, the vulnerability is caused by trusting attacker-controlled snapshot paths restored from backup files. The vulnerable flow starts in the backup restore logic. When a backup ZIP is restored, the application extracts the archive and copies each restored watch UUID directory directly into the live datastore usin

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to 0.55.1, the vulnerability is caused by trusting attacker-controlled snapshot paths restored from backup files. The vulnerable flow starts in the backup restore logic. When a backup ZIP is restored, the application extracts the archive and copies each restored watch UUID directory directly into the live datastore usin

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-43891

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-43891

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-43891

    changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to 0.55.1, the vulnerability is caused by trusting attacker-controlled snapshot paths restored from backup files. The vulnerable flow starts in the backup restore logic. When a backup ZIP is restored,

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.