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CVE-2025-64712
The unstructured library provides open-source components for ingesting and pre-processing images and text documents, such as PDFs, HTML, Word docs, and many more. Prior to version 0.18.18, a path traversal vulnerability in the partition_msg function allows an attacker to write or overwrite arbitrary files on the filesystem when processing malicious MSG files with attachments. This issue has been patched in version 0.18.18.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-73","description":"CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9bf8b5e7c54b0b3df316ca43de654765dfc32d9d9714efc23d143a6c13b1b722 · sha256:3d9ed58008c004a2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9bf8b5e7c54b0b3df316ca43de654765dfc32d9d9714efc23d143a6c13b1b722 · sha256:3d9ed58008c004a2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"unstructured","vendor":"Unstructured-IO","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 0.18.18"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9bf8b5e7c54b0b3df316ca43de654765dfc32d9d9714efc23d143a6c13b1b722 · sha256:3d9ed58008c004a2… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9bf8b5e7c54b0b3df316ca43de654765dfc32d9d9714efc23d143a6c13b1b722 · sha256:3d9ed58008c004a2… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-73","description":"CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9bf8b5e7c54b0b3df316ca43de654765dfc32d9d9714efc23d143a6c13b1b722 · sha256:3d9ed58008c004a2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9bf8b5e7c54b0b3df316ca43de654765dfc32d9d9714efc23d143a6c13b1b722 · sha256:3d9ed58008c004a2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/commit/b01d35b2373fd087d2e15162b9c021663c97155d","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/commit/b01d35b2373fd087d2e15162b9c021663c97155d"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9bf8b5e7c54b0b3df316ca43de654765dfc32d9d9714efc23d143a6c13b1b722 · sha256:3d9ed58008c004a2… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/security/advisories/GHSA-gm8q-m8mv-jj5m","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/security/advisories/GHSA-gm8q-m8mv-jj5m"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9bf8b5e7c54b0b3df316ca43de654765dfc32d9d9714efc23d143a6c13b1b722 · sha256:3d9ed58008c004a2… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
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