# CVE-2025-57698: AstrBot contains a directory traversal vulnerability

> Attackers can upload malicious files to arbitrary locations via directory traversal in the plugin installation endpoint, potentially leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xrj9-mw57-j34v, PYSEC-2026-1198

## What is CVE-2025-57698?

CVE-2025-57698 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

AstrBot Project v3.5.22 contains a directory traversal vulnerability. The handler function install_plugin_upload of the interface '/plugin/install-upload' parses the filename from the request body provided by the user, and directly uses the filename to assign to file_path without checking the validity of the filename. The variable file_path is then passed as a parameter to the function `file.save`, so that the file in the request body can be saved to any location in the file system through directory traversal.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-57698?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including astrbot and AstrBot. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `astrbot` | PyPI | All versions to 3.5.22 | None |
| `astrbot` | PyPI | All versions to 3.5.22 | None |
| `AstrBot` | PyPI | All versions to 3.5.22 | None |

Products: Astrbot Astrbot.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-57698?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-57698 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-57698 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-57698 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2025-48957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48957/): AstrBot Has Path Traversal Vulnerability in /api/chat/get_file (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-55449](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55449/): AstrBot is vulnerable to RCE with hard-coded JWT signing keys (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2025-57697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57697/): AstrBot has an arbitrary file read vulnerability in function _encode_image_bs64 (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-57698 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-57698 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-57698 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- astrbot (PyPI): affected all versions up to 3.5.22; no fix listed
- astrbot (PyPI): affected all versions up to 3.5.22; no fix listed
- AstrBot (PyPI): affected all versions up to 3.5.22; no fix listed

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-2025-57698/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57698/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-57698
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57698
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-57698

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57698/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.