CVE-2025-58373: Roo Code: Symlink-bypass of .rooignore can lead to unintended file disclosure

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent that lives in users' editors. Versions 3.25.23 and below contain a vulnerability where .rooignore protections could be bypassed using symlinks. This allows an attacker with write access to the workspace to trick the extension into reading files that were intended to be excluded. As a result, sensitive files such as .env or configuration files could be exposed. An attacker able to modify files within the workspace could gain unauthorized access to sensitive information by bypassing .rooignore rules. This could include secrets, configuration details, or other excluded project data. This is fixed in version 3.26.0.

Affected products

RooCodeInc Roo-Code: before 3.26.0 — fixed in 3.26.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: RooCodeInc Roo-Code 3.26.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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