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CVE-2025-68472

MindsDB is a platform for building artificial intelligence from enterprise data. Prior to version 25.11.1, an unauthenticated path traversal in the file upload API lets any caller read arbitrary files from the server filesystem and move them into MindsDB’s storage, exposing sensitive data. The PUT handler in file.py directly joins user-controlled data into a filesystem path when the request body is JSON and source_type is not "url". Only multipart uploads and URL-sourced uploads receive sanitization; JSON uploads lack any call to clear_filename or equivalent checks. This vulnerability is fixe…

Scores

9.1
CVSS 9.1 out of 10, critical severity.
20.3%
EPSS 20.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The facts

Published
12 January 2026
Last changed
17 June 2026
NVD status
Modified
Severity
Critical, CVSS 9.1 out of 10 (version 3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness
Affects
  • mindsdb mindsdb
Known exploited
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in this build.
EPSS
20.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 97).

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