CVE-2026-40605

Tautulli Vulnerable to Authenticated Path Traversal in Cache Deletion API

State: Published
Severity: 5.7 Medium
Published: Jun 4, 2026
Updated: Jun 4, 2026
Reserved: Apr 14, 2026

Description

Tautulli is a Python based monitoring and tracking tool for Plex Media Server. Prior to version 2.17.1, a path traversal vulnerability in the cache deletion endpoint allows authenticated API access to delete directories outside the configured cache path. This can cause arbitrary data loss and service disruption. Version 2.17.1 fixes the issue.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.7 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path

Affected Products

Product	Versions
TautulliTautulli	< 2.17.1Affected

References

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