CVE-2024-11037 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-11037: Path Traversal in binary-husky/gpt_academic

Vendor Binary-Husky
Product binary-husky/gpt_academic
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published March 20, 2025
Last update March 20, 2025

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in binary-husky/gpt_academic at commit 679352d, which allows an attacker to bypass the blocked_paths protection and read the config.py file containing sensitive information such as the OpenAI API key. This vulnerability is exploitable on Windows operating systems by accessing a specific URL that includes the absolute path of the project.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 20, 2025 CVE published
March 20, 2025 Record updated