CVE-2024-6829

Arbitrary File Overwrite through tarfile-extraction in aimhubio/aim

State
Published
Severity
9.1 Critical
Published
Mar 20, 2025
Updated
Mar 20, 2025
Reserved
Jul 16, 2024

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Description

A vulnerability in aimhubio/aim version 3.19.3 allows an attacker to exploit the `tarfile.extractall()` function to extract the contents of a maliciously crafted tarfile to arbitrary locations on the host server. The attacker can control `repo.path` and `run_hash` to bypass directory existence checks and extract files to unintended locations, potentially overwriting critical files. This can lead to arbitrary data being written to arbitrary locations on the remote tracking server, which could be used for further attacks such as writing a new SSH key to the target server.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.09.1 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H@huntr_ai

Weaknesses

  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path

Affected Products

ProductVersions
aimhubio/aimaimhubio
  • latest and earlierAffected

References

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