CVE-2026-45403 LOW

CVE-2026-45403: AnythingLLM: filesystem-copy-file follows nested symlinks and copies files from outside the allowed directory

Vendor Mintplex-Labs
Product anything-llm
Weakness CWE-59
Published May 28, 2026
Last update May 29, 2026

CVSS base score

2.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. Prior to 1.13.0, the AnythingLLM agent filesystem copy tool validates only the top-level source and destination paths. The recursive copy helper then descends into child entries using fs.stat() and copies files with fs.copyFile() without validating each child or rejecting symlinks. Because both APIs follow symlinks, a symlink nested inside an allowed source directory can point outside the allowed filesystem root and cause outside file contents to be copied into an allowed destination as a regular file. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 28, 2026 CVE published
May 29, 2026 Record updated