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CVE-2025-9801: SimStudioAI sim path traversal

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-09-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in SimStudioAI sim up to ed9b9ad83f1a7c61f4392787fb51837d34eeb0af. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument filePath leads to path traversal. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. This product follows a rolling release approach for continuous delivery, so version details for affected or updated releases are not provided. The identifier of the patch is 45372aece5e05e04b417442417416a52e90ba174. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Affected products

• SimStudioAI sim: before 0.3.40 — fixed in 0.3.40

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SimStudioAI sim 0.3.40. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/commit/45372aece5e05e04b417442417416a52e90ba174
• https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/issues/959
• https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/issues/959#issue-3320697951
• https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/issues/959#issuecomment-3221311557
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.322116
• https://vuldb.com/?id.322116
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.641130

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