CVE-2025-25185 GPT Academic allows arbitary file read by tarfile uncompress within softlink

High 7.5 Published 3 Mar 2025 Updated 3 Mar 2025

Attackers can read arbitrary server files by uploading a malicious tar.gz containing symlinks, exposing sensitive data on the GPT Academic 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-2025-25185?

CVE-2025-25185 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in binary-husky gpt_academic, published on 3 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

GPT Academic provides interactive interfaces for large language models. In 3.91 and earlier, GPT Academic does not properly account for soft links. An attacker can create a malicious file as a soft link pointing to a target file, then package this soft link file into a tar.gz file and upload it. Subsequently, when accessing the decompressed file from the server, the soft link will point to the target file on the victim server. The vulnerability allows attackers to read all files on the server.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25185?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Binary-Husky Gpt Academic.

How do I fix CVE-2025-25185?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25185 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-2025-25185 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-25185 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gqp5-wm97-qxcv.