CVE-2026-72742

HIGHPre-NVD 8.68.6—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

DSPy 3.3.0b1 contains a file exfiltration vulnerability in the Image and Audio output field adapters that allows attackers with influence over language model outputs to read arbitrary local files by injecting a filesystem path into the url field of a parsed Image or Audio typed output. The JSONAdapter and ChatAdapter parse untrusted language model completions through parse_value into TypeAdapter validation, which triggers encode_image or encode_audio to read and base64-encode any local file path via the os.path.isfile branch in image.py and audio.py, subsequently embedding the file contents into outgoing prompt messages sent to the attacker-controlled model endpoint.

CVSS v3
8.6
EG Score
8.6(medium)
EG Risk
54(Track)
EG Risk 54/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity86% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
31%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 11, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit.
generic

DSPy 3.3.0b1 Local File Read via Image/Audio Output Field Parsing | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dspy-0b1-local-file-read-via-image-audio-output-field-parsing
github_commit Patch Available

commit c69136b29aca (stanfordnlp/dspy)

Patch available: stanfordnlp/dspy 3.3.0 (contains commit c69136b29aca)

https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspy/commit/c69136b29aca4c00ca6da7667f7b80783188980e
generic

dspy.Image/dspy.Audio output-field parsing reads arbitrary local files into the next prompt (file exfiltration via untrusted LM output) · Issue #10067 · stanfordnlp/dspy · GitHub

https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspy/issues/10067
generic

GitHub - stanfordnlp/dspy: DSPy: The framework for programming—not prompting—language models · GitHub

https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspy

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72742(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 102× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72742?
CVE-2026-72742 is a high vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. DSPy 3.3.0b1 contains a file exfiltration vulnerability in the Image and Audio output field adapters that allows attackers with influence over language model outputs to read arbitrary local files by injecting a filesystem path into the url field of a parsed Image or Audio typed output. The…
When was CVE-2026-72742 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72742 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72742 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72742 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 68.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72742?
CVE-2026-72742 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72742?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72742, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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