CVE-2025-10854 — Symlink Following in txtai leads to arbitrary file write when loading untrusted embedding indices
The txtai framework allows the loading of compressed tar files as embedding indices. While the validate function is intended to prevent path traversal vulnerabilities by ensurin…
Published: 2025-09-22 · CVSS: 8.1 · CVSS 3.1
The txtai framework allows the loading of compressed tar files as embedding indices. While the validate function is intended to prevent path traversal vulnerabilities by ensuring safe filenames, it does not account for symbolic links within the tar file. An attacker is able to write a file anywhere in the filesystem when txtai is used to load untrusted embedding indices
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7