CVE-2024-3429: Path Traversal in parisneo/lollms

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 28.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-06-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-29

Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the parisneo/lollms application, specifically within the `sanitize_path_from_endpoint` and `sanitize_path` functions in `lollms_core\lollms\security.py`. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary file reading when the application is running on Windows. The issue arises due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input, enabling attackers to bypass the path traversal protection mechanisms by crafting malicious input. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files, information disclosure, and potentially a denial of service (DoS) condition by including numerous large or resource-intensive files. This vulnerability affects the latest version prior to 9.6.

Affected products

parisneo/lollms: before 9.6 — fixed in 9.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: parisneo/lollms 9.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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