An issue was discovered in Weaviate OSS before 1.33.4. An attacker with access to insert data into the database can craft an entry name with an absolute path (e.g., /etc/...) or use parent directory traversal (../../..) to escape the restore root when a backup is restored, potentially creating or overwriting files in arbitrary locations within the application's privilege scope.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7v39-2hx7-7c43 Weaviate OSS has a Path Traversal Vulnerability via Backup ZipSlip
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Solution

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History

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-22
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:45:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in Weaviate OSS before 1.33.4. An attacker with access to insert data into the database can craft an entry name with an absolute path (e.g., /etc/...) or use parent directory traversal (../../..) to escape the restore root when a backup is restored, potentially creating or overwriting files in arbitrary locations within the application's privilege scope.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-12T19:15:25.886Z

Reserved: 2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-67818

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-12T19:15:15.456Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-12T17:15:45.583

Modified: 2025-12-12T20:15:42.770

Link: CVE-2025-67818

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