CVE-2024-6868Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Code execution via symlink-following archive extraction

Published Oct 29, 2024 · Updated Oct 15, 2025

Path traversal in LocalAI 2.17.1 allows remote authenticated users to write outside the models directory via crafted archives. ExtractArchive automatically unpacks additional model files while accepting entries that resolve through symbolic links to locations outside the destination. Model-installation access is required; overwriting server backend assets grants code execution with the LocalAI process's privileges.

CVSS severity8.1
High
EPSS probability1.54%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in LocalAI 2.17.1 allows remote authenticated users to write outside the models directory via crafted archives. ExtractArchive automatically unpacks additional model files while accepting entries that resolve through symbolic links to locations outside the destination. Model-installation access is required; overwriting server backend assets grants code execution with the LocalAI process's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-6868
Published
Oct 29, 2024
Updated
Oct 15, 2025
Vendor
Mudler
Product
LocalAI
Classifications
CWE-59, T1190
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <2.18.1
  2. Affected versionversion=unspecified <2.18.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Mudler · LocalAIversion=0 <2.18.1; version=unspecified <2.18.1

Published CVSS scores

8.1huntr.devCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application

Public exploit references

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Technologies

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