Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2025 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

CVE-2024-11037Path Traversal in binary-husky/gpt_academic

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in binary-husky/gpt_academic from binary-husky. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in binary-husky/gpt_academic at commit 679352d, which allows an attacker to bypass the blocked_paths protection and read the config.py file containing sensitive information such as the OpenAI API key. This vulnerability is exploitable on Windows operating systems by accessing a specific URL that includes the absolute path of the project.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
binary-husky	binary-husky/gpt_academic	unspecified – through latest

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

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