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TI-2025-18854 Aliases CVE-2025-25185

GPT Academic allows arbitary file read by tarfile uncompress within softlink

Priority HIGH 72CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-59 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

GPT Academic provides interactive interfaces for large language models. In 3.91 and earlier, GPT Academic does not properly account for soft links. An attacker can create a malicious file as a soft link pointing to a target file, then package this soft link file into a tar.gz file and upload it. Subsequently, when accessing the decompressed file from the server, the soft link will point to the target file on the victim server. The vulnerability allows attackers to read all files on the server.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00635 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
binary-huskygpt_academicup to 3.91—No fix listedCNA
  • gpt_academic Vendorbinary-husky Affected up to 3.91 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:binary-husky:gpt_academic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerablebinary-husky
  • cpe:2.3:a:binary-husky:gpt_academic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·binary-husky

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-25185
  2. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

  • TI-2024-11495 Remote Code Execution in binary-husky/gpt_academic CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-11494 Path Traversal in binary-husky/gpt_academic CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-10228 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in binary-husky/gpt_academic CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-10179 Local File Read (LFI) by Tarslip Symlink via arxiv_download() API in binary-husky/gpt_academic CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-10153 Prompt Injection Leading to RCE in binary-husky/gpt_academic Plugin `manim` CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-10150 Code Injection in binary-husky/gpt_academic CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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