# CVE-2025-10236: binary-husky gpt_academic LaTeX File latex_toolbox.py merge_tex_files_ path traversal

> Remote attackers can exploit path traversal in the LaTeX file handler to read arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cm77-vh4q-vc8p

## What is CVE-2025-10236?

CVE-2025-10236 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in binary-husky gpt_academic, published on 11 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in binary-husky gpt_academic up to 3.91. Impacted is the function merge_tex_files_ of the file crazy_functions/latex_fns/latex_toolbox.py of the component LaTeX File Handler. Such manipulation of the argument \input{} leads to path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10236?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Binary-Husky Gpt Academic.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-10236?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10236 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10236 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10236 exists.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10236 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10236 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in binary-husky gpt_academic, published on 11 Sep 2025. 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-2025-10236 exists.

Affected product: binary-husky gpt_academic. 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-2025-10236/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10236/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10236
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10236
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10236

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.