Arbitrary file read via forged image URL
Published Mar 5, 2026 · Updated Mar 5, 2026
Arbitrary file read in ImageTextPromptValue in Exploding Gradients RAGAS 0.2.3 through 0.2.14 allows remote attackers to read local files. Image detection trusts a URL fragment such as #payload.jpg as an image extension, while urllib.request.urlopen ignores the fragment and dereferences a file:// URL. Exploitation requires attacker-controlled data to reach retrieved_contexts during multimodal processing; disclosure is limited to files readable by the RAGAS process.
Summary
What happened
Arbitrary file read in ImageTextPromptValue in Exploding Gradients RAGAS 0.2.3 through 0.2.14 allows remote attackers to read local files. Image detection trusts a URL fragment such as #payload.jpg as an image extension, while urllib.request.urlopen ignores the fragment and dereferences a file:// URL. Exploitation requires attacker-controlled data to reach retrieved_contexts during multimodal processing; disclosure is limited to files readable by the RAGAS process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-45691
- Published
- Mar 5, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-918, CWE-22, CWE-770, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 5, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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