CVE-2025-10854

The txtai framework allows the loading of compressed tar files as embedding indices. While the validate function is intended to prevent path traversal vulnerabilities by ensuring safe filenames, it does not account for symbolic links within the tar file. An attacker is able to write a file anywhe...

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Overview txtai is an All-in-one open-source AI framework for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link Symlink Following via the validate function due to improper sanitization of symbolic links within the...

CVE-2025-10854

The CVE-2025-10854 issue affects the txtai framework where loading compressed tar files as embedding indices is vulnerable: the existing path traversal protection does not account for symbolic links inside the tar, allowing an attacker to write arbitrary files on the filesystem when untrusted emb...

CVE-2025-10854 Symlink Following in txtai leads to arbitrary file write when loading untrusted embedding indices

The txtai framework allows the loading of compressed tar files as embedding indices. While the validate function is intended to prevent path traversal vulnerabilities by ensuring safe filenames, it does not account for symbolic links within the tar file. An attacker is able to write a file anywhe...

PT-2025-38714

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions txtai affected versions not specified Description The txtai framework permits loading compressed tar files as embedding indices. The validate function, designed to prevent path traversal, does not account for symbolic links within these tar...