# CVE-2025-3046: Path Traversal via Symbolic Links in run-llama/llama\_index

- Also known as: PYSEC-2025-248, GHSA-FMRF-6JV9-QJC7, PYSEC-2026-1568
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.12.28, 0.5.1
- Published: 2025-07-07 · Updated: 2025-07-07

## Affected

- run-llama run-llama/llama\_index: fixed in 0.12.28
- llama-index (PyPI): from 0.12.23, fixed in 0.12.28
- llama-index-readers-obsidian (PyPI): fixed in 0.5.1

## Description

A vulnerability in the `ObsidianReader` class of the run-llama/llama_index repository, versions 0.12.23 to 0.12.28, allows for arbitrary file read through symbolic links. The `ObsidianReader` fails to resolve symlinks to their real paths and does not validate whether the resolved paths lie within the intended directory. This flaw enables attackers to place symlinks pointing to files outside the vault directory, which are then processed as valid Markdown files, potentially exposing sensitive information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on run-llama run-llama/llama\_index, llama-index, llama-index-readers-obsidian, upgrade to a fixed version (0.12.28, 0.5.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/90a1f1b2-bb82-4d66-9fc1-856ed5f904da
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/commit/0008041e8dde8e519621388e5d6f558bde6ef42e

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