CVE-2024-10986
CVSS 3.0 Score 8.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Mar 20, 2025
CWE ID 20
Summary
CVE-2024-10986 is a Local File Read (LFI) vulnerability affecting the GPT Academic version 3.83. The HotReload function, designed to download tar.gz files from arxiv.org, has a critical flaw. Although the application includes path traversal protections, it fails to account for Tarslip triggers through symlinks. As a result, attackers can manipulate the function to read arbitrary files on the victim server.
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