GHSA-pqmg-c2j8-fq92

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pqmg-c2j8-fq92
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-pqmg-c2j8-fq92/GHSA-pqmg-c2j8-fq92.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-pqmg-c2j8-fq92
Aliases
Published
2026-04-22T15:31:40Z
Modified
2026-07-13T16:43:43Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
InstructLab vulnerable to Path Traversal
Details

A flaw was found in InstructLab. A local attacker could exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the chat session handler by manipulating the logs_dir parameter. This allows the attacker to create new directories and write files to arbitrary locations on the system, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification or disclosure.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-04-29T22:02:43Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-04-22T13:16:22Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / instructlab

Package

Name
instructlab
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Purl
pkg:pypi/instructlab

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
0.26.1

Affected versions

0.*
0.14.0
0.15.1
0.16.0
0.16.1
0.17.0
0.17.1
0.17.2
0.18.0a1
0.18.0a2
0.18.0a3
0.18.0a4
0.18.0a5
0.18.0a6
0.18.0a7
0.18.0b1
0.18.0b2
0.18.0b3
0.18.0b4
0.18.0b5
0.18.0b6
0.18.0rc1
0.18.0rc2
0.18.0rc3
0.18.0rc4
0.18.0rc5
0.18.0rc6
0.18.0rc7
0.18.0
0.18.1
0.18.2
0.18.3
0.18.4
0.19.0a1
0.19.0b1
0.19.0rc1
0.19.0
0.19.1
0.19.2
0.19.3
0.19.4
0.19.5
0.20.0a1
0.20.0a2
0.20.0
0.20.1
0.21.0a0
0.21.0a1
0.21.0
0.21.1
0.21.2
0.22.0
0.22.1
0.22.2
0.23.0a0
0.23.0rc0
0.23.0
0.23.1
0.23.2
0.23.3
0.23.4
0.23.5
0.24.0
0.24.1
0.24.2a0
0.24.2
0.24.3
0.25
0.26.0a1
0.26.0
0.26.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-pqmg-c2j8-fq92/GHSA-pqmg-c2j8-fq92.json"