# CVE-2025-55013: Assemblyline 4 Service Client: Arbitrary Write through path traversal in Client code

- Also known as: GHSA-75JV-VFXF-3865, PYSEC-2026-1194
- Severity: CVSS 4.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.6.1.dev138, 4.6.0.stable11
- Published: 2025-08-09 · Updated: 2025-08-12

## Affected

- CybercentreCanada assemblyline: fixed in 4.6.1.dev138
- assemblyline-service-client (PyPI): fixed in 4.6.0.stable11
- assemblyline-service-client (PyPI): from 4.6.1.dev0, fixed in 4.6.1.dev138
- assemblyline-service-client (PyPI): fixed in 4.6.0.stable11; from 4.6.1.dev0, fixed in 4.6.1.dev138

## Description

The Assemblyline 4 Service Client interfaces with the API to fetch tasks and publish the result for a service in Assemblyline 4. In versions below 4.6.1.dev138, the Assemblyline 4 Service Client (task_handler.py) accepts a SHA-256 value returned by the service server and uses it directly as a local file name.A malicious or compromised server (or any MITM that can speak to client) can return a path-traversal payload such as `../../../etc/cron.d/evil` and force the client to write the downloaded bytes to an arbitrary location on disk. This is fixed in version 4.6.1.dev138.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on CybercentreCanada assemblyline, assemblyline-service-client, upgrade to a fixed version (4.6.1.dev138, 4.6.0.stable11) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/CybercentreCanada/assemblyline/security/advisories/GHSA-75jv-vfxf-3865
- https://github.com/CybercentreCanada/assemblyline-service-client/commit/351414e7e96cc1f5640ae71ae51b939e8ba30900

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