CVE-2025-64485 CVAT: Mounted share file overwrite via crafted request
A malicious user can overwrite files on mounted shares or fill disk space in the import worker container via crafted requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-64485?
CVE-2025-64485 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in cvat-ai cvat, published on 7 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
CVAT is an open source interactive video and image annotation tool for computer vision. In versions 2.4.0 through 2.48.1, a malicious CVAT user with at least the User global role may create files in the root of the mounted file share, or overwrite existing files. If no file share is mounted, the user will be able to create files in the share directory of the import worker container, potentially filling up disk space. This issue is fixed in version 2.49.0.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-64485?
How do I fix CVE-2025-64485?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-64485 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-2025-64485 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-64485 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x396-w86c-gf6w.