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Unlock with Pro - from £29/user/moDetect Flyto2 Core Arbitrary File Write via image.download Path Traversal (CVE-2026-67429) in Microsoft Sentinel
Detects exploitation of CVE-2026-67429, a critical (CVSS 10.0) arbitrary file write vulnerability in Flyto2 Core (pip package flyto-core) versions prior to 2.26.7. The image.download module and other file-writing modules fail to sanitize user-supplied filenames/paths (CWE-22 path traversal, CWE-73 external control of file name or path), allowing an unauthenticated or low-privileged attacker to write arbitrary files anywhere on the filesystem reachable by the flyto-core process. This can be leveraged to overwrite application code, cron files, SSH authorized_keys, systemd unit files, or web-accessible directories to achieve remote code execution. Detection focuses on identifying path traversal sequences and absolute/unexpected path targets passed to flyto-core's image.download and related file-writing endpoints, as well as downstream evidence such as newly written files in sensitive directories immediately following flyto-core process activity.
MITRE ATT&CK
- Tactic
- Initial Access Execution Persistence
KQL Detection Query
let SuspiciousPatterns = dynamic(["..%2f", "..%252f", "..\\\\", "../../", "..%5c", "%2e%2e%2f", "%2e%2e/"]);
let FlytoProc = ProcessCreationEvents
| where FileName has_any ("python", "python3", "gunicorn", "uwsgi", "flyto")
| where ProcessCommandLine has "flyto";
DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName has_any ("python", "python3", "gunicorn", "uwsgi")
| where ProcessCommandLine has "image.download" or ProcessCommandLine has "flyto"
| where ProcessCommandLine has_any (SuspiciousPatterns) or ProcessCommandLine matches regex @"(?i)(\.\.\/){2,}|(\.\.\\\\){2,}"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName
| union (
DeviceFileEvents
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "flyto" or InitiatingProcessFileName has_any ("python", "python3", "gunicorn", "uwsgi")
| where FolderPath has_any ("/etc/", "/root/.ssh/", "C:\\Windows\\", "authorized_keys", "/var/www/", "/etc/cron.d/", "wwwroot", "inetpub")
| where ActionType in ("FileCreated", "FileModified")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName=InitiatingProcessAccountName, ProcessCommandLine=InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, FolderPath, FileName
)
| sort by TimeGenerated desc Detects path traversal sequences passed to Flyto2 Core's image.download module or subsequent file writes to sensitive directories by a flyto-core process, indicating exploitation of CVE-2026-67429.
Data Sources
Required Tables
False Positives & Tuning
- Legitimate automated testing or QA scanning of the flyto-core image download endpoint using benign relative paths that happen to match generic patterns
- Backup or sync tooling that writes to monitored sensitive directories independent of flyto-core
- Developers debugging flyto-core locally with unusual but non-malicious file paths
Other platforms for CVE-2026-67429
Testing Methodology
Validate this detection against 3 adversary techniques from Atomic Red Team. Each test below lists the behaviour to exercise and the telemetry you should expect to see. Executable commands and cleanup steps are available with Pro.
- Test 1Path Traversal via image.download to /etc/
Expected signal: Process event for the python3 process with command line referencing flyto_core and a path containing multiple '../' sequences; file creation event for /etc/flyto_poc_test.txt.
- Test 2Arbitrary File Write to SSH authorized_keys
Expected signal: File modification event on /root/.ssh/authorized_keys initiated by the flyto-core python process shortly after a traversal-pattern process command line.
- Test 3Path Traversal via image.download on Windows
Expected signal: Process creation event for python.exe with command line containing flyto and backslash traversal sequences; file creation event under C:\Windows\Temp\.
References (5)
- https://github.com/flytohub/flyto-core/security/advisories/GHSA-2956-977x-2w3r
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67429
- https://github.com/flytohub/flyto-core/commit/d5f89d71303e3c1e6418d347c5c55fcd173cc8cc
- https://github.com/flytohub/flyto-core/releases/tag/v2.26.6
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2956-977x-2w3r
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