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TI-2025-41978 Aliases CVE-2025-68430

CVAT vulnerable to directory traversal via mounted share listing

Priority LOW 24CWE-24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

CVAT is an open source interactive video and image annotation tool for computer vision. In versions 2.8.1 through 2.52.0, an attacker with an account on a CVAT instance is able to retrieve the contents of any file system directory accessible to the CVAT server. The exposed information is names of contained files and subdirectories. The contents of files are not accessible. Version 2.53.0 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00286 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed cvat (cvat-ai): 2.53.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
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
cvat-aicvat2.8.1 to before 2.53.02.53.0Patch availableCNA
  • cvat Vendorcvat-ai Affected 2.8.1 to before 2.53.0 Fixed in 2.53.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cvat:computer_vision_annotation_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.8.1 to before 2.53.0Vulnerablecvat-ai
  • cpe:2.3:a:cvat:computer_vision_annotation_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.8.1 to before 2.53.0 Vulnerable ·cvat-ai

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA cvat (cvat-ai) Fixed in 2.53.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68430

References

Patch 2

  • TI-2021-20393 Apache Log4j2 Thread Context Message Pattern and Context Lookup Pattern vulnerable to a denial of service attack KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2022-13228 Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability in Computer Vision Annotation Tool (CVAT) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-16854 CVAT allows remote code execution via tracker Nuclio functions CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-18950 CVAT vulnerable to privilege escalation of users with staff status CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-18940 CVAT vulnerable to XSS via skeleton SVG images CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2024-24691 CVAT SSRF via custom cloud storage endpoints CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
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Sources

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