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CVE-2025-68472: Mindsdb Path Traversal (CVSS 8.1)

CVE-2025-68472 is a high severity path traversal in Mindsdb with a CVSS score of 8.1. Its EPSS score of 20.3 percent signals a high chance of exploitation, so patch it in your next emergency window.

Last updated: Jun 17, 2026

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CVE-2025-68472 is a high severity path traversal in Mindsdb with a CVSS score of 8.1. Its EPSS score of 20.3 percent signals a high chance of exploitation, so patch it in your next emergency window.

Risk scores

CVSS base score
8.1HIGH
EPSS probability
20.26%
Higher than 97 percent of all CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed
CVSS metricWhat it means
Attack vector (AV:A)Adjacent network
Attack complexity (AC:L)Low complexity
Privileges required (PR:N)No privileges required
User interaction (UI:N)No user interaction
Scope (S:U)Scope unchanged
Confidentiality (C:N)No confidentiality impact
Integrity (I:H)High integrity impact
Availability (A:H)High availability impact

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

About Mindsdb

CVE-2025-68472 affects Mindsdb, a product from Mindsdb. Before acting, confirm where Mindsdb runs in your estate, who owns it and whether it is reachable from the internet, because exposure decides real risk more than the score alone.

What the flaw is

In plain terms: MindsDB is a platform for building artificial intelligence from enterprise data. Prior to version 25.11.1, 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. 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". Only multipart uploads and URL-sourced uploads receive sanitization; JSON uploads lack any call to clear_filename or equivalent checks. This vulnerability is fixed in 25.11.1.

The weakness class is Path Traversal. An attacker can reach files outside the intended folder by tampering with a file path.

Based on its CVSS vector, the flaw needs local or adjacent access, needs no login, and needs no user interaction. Its EPSS score of 20.3 percent signals a high chance of exploitation, so patch it in your next emergency window.

Affected versions and timeline

FieldDetail
ProductMindsdb
Affected versionsMindsdb before 25.11.1
PublishedJan 12, 2026
Last modifiedJun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEVNot listed
Assigning CNAsecurity-advisories@github.com

How to detect it

  • Inventory every instance of Mindsdb and record the running version against the affected range above.
  • Check external attack surface scans for internet facing instances of the component.
  • Review logs on affected systems for unusual requests, errors or new processes around the vulnerable function.
  • Confirm with an authenticated vulnerability scan once your scanner has a check for this CVE.

How to fix it

  • Apply the fixed version of Mindsdb named in the vendor advisory.
  • If patching must wait, restrict network access to the affected service and put it behind authentication or a web application firewall rule.
  • Rescan after the change to prove the exposure is gone, then close the ticket.

CTEM action plan

CTEM stageWhat to do for this CVE
ScopeAdd every business service that depends on Mindsdb to the current CTEM cycle.
DiscoverFind all instances, including shadow and cloud deployments, and record versions and exposure.
PrioritizeRank using EPSS and CVSS together with asset exposure and business impact.
ValidateConfirm the flaw is reachable and exploitable in your environment and that compensating controls work.
MobilizeAssign the fix to the asset owner with a due date matched to the priority, then verify closure.

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CVE-2025-68472 is a high severity path traversal in Mindsdb with a CVSS score of 8.1. Its EPSS score of 20.3 percent signals a high chance of exploitation, so patch it in your next emergency window.

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