High severity · published Apr 21, 2023
CVE-2023-30620
mindsdb is a Machine Learning platform to help developers build AI solutions
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
mindsdb is a Machine Learning platform to help developers build AI solutions. In affected versions an unsafe extraction is being performed using `tarfile.extractall()` from a remotely retrieved tarball. Which may lead to the writing of the extracted files to an unintended location. Sometimes, the vulnerability is called a TarSlip or a ZipSlip variant. An attacker may leverage this vulnerability to overwrite any local file which the server process has access to. There is no risk of file exposure with this vulnerability. This issue has been addressed in release `23.2.1.0 `. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MI
Mindsdb · Mindsdb
through 23.1.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30620
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30620
Patch
https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb/commit/4419b0f0019c000db390b54d8b9d06e1d3670039
Release Notes
https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb/releases/tag/v23.2.1.0
Exploit
https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb/security/advisories/GHSA-2g5w-29q9-w6hx
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