CVE-2025-10854Network attack vector

Arbitrary file write via symlinked archive members

Published Sep 22, 2025 · Updated Sep 22, 2025

Symlink following in NeuML txtai 9.0.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via an untrusted embedding index. The embedding-index load path validates archive member names but passes symbolic-link members to Python tar extraction, allowing link targets to redirect writes outside the extraction directory. Exploitation requires an application to load an attacker-supplied compressed index; writes inherit the privileges of the txtai process and can overwrite accessible files.

CVSS severity8.1
High
EPSS probability0.46%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Symlink following in NeuML txtai 9.0.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via an untrusted embedding index. The embedding-index load path validates archive member names but passes symbolic-link members to Python tar extraction, allowing link targets to redirect writes outside the extraction directory. Exploitation requires an application to load an attacker-supplied compressed index; writes inherit the privileges of the txtai process and can overwrite accessible files.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-10854
Published
Sep 22, 2025
Updated
Sep 22, 2025
Vendor
NeuML
Product
txtai
Classifications
CWE-61, T1190
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 22, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=9.0.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

NeuML · txtaiversion=0 <=9.0.0

Published CVSS scores

8.1JFrogCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-61UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application

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