CVE-2025-23410 GMOD Apollo Relative Path Traversal
Attackers can exploit path traversal in GMOD Apollo's file upload feature to read or modify arbitrary files on the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-23410?
CVE-2025-23410 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in GMOD Apollo, published on 4 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
When uploading organism or sequence data via the web interface, GMOD Apollo
will unzip and inspect the files and will not check for path traversal in supported archive types.
Weakness: CWE-23
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23410?
How do I fix CVE-2025-23410?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23410 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-2025-23410 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23410 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-36r5-jp7x-x82r.