CVE-2024-8248 Path Traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
Path traversal in AnythingLLM allows arbitrary file read and write, enabling privilege escalation from manager to admin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8248?
CVE-2024-8248 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the normalizePath function in mintplex-labs/anything-llm version git 296f041 allows for path traversal, leading to arbitrary file read and write in the storage directory. This can result in privilege escalation from manager to admin. The issue is fixed in version 1.2.2.
Weakness: CWE-29
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8248?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8248?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8248 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-8248 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8248 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm
- CVE-2024-3025 Path Traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
- CVE-2024-0455 SSRF on AWS deployed instances of AnythingLLM via /metadata
- CVE-2026-32626 AnythingLLM has a Streaming Phase XSS to RCE via LLM Response Injection
- CVE-2024-3104 Remote Code Execution in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
- CVE-2024-3149 SSRF in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mqp7-6vh9-99r6.