# CVE-2024-0440: SSRF - file:// unsanitized access to underlying host files

> Attackers can use file:// protocol in submitted links to read host files, requiring patching of the AnythingLLM application.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-72wm-hh56-9gp6, MINI-mh7x-9ph3-cjrh

## What is CVE-2024-0440?

CVE-2024-0440 is a critical server-side request forgery vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 25 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Attacker, with permission to submit a link or submits a link via POST  to be collected that is using the file:// protocol can then introspect host files and other relatively stored files.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0440?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0440?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-0440 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0440 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm

- [CVE-2024-3025](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3025/): Path Traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-0455](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0455/): SSRF on AWS deployed instances of AnythingLLM via /metadata (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-32626](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-32626/): AnythingLLM has a Streaming Phase XSS to RCE via LLM Response Injection (critical 9.7)
- [CVE-2024-3104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3104/): Remote Code Execution in mintplex-labs/anything-llm (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-3149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3149/): SSRF in mintplex-labs/anything-llm (critical 9.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0440 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0440 is a critical server-side request forgery vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 25 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0440 exists.

Affected product: Mintplexlabs Anythingllm. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0440/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0440/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0440
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0440
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0440

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0440/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.