Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-10361

Path Traversal in Librechat 0.7.5

Public PoCPath Traversal
Published
20 March 2025
Modified
15 October 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0094 58th percentile
Risk Priority 69 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-10361 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Librechat Librechat. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 42% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as LLM Application Platforms; in the Supply Chain and Deployment risk domain.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-10361 is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in danny-avila/librechat version v0.7.5-rc2, affecting the /api/files endpoint due to improper input validation. This flaw enables path traversal attacks (CWE-22), allowing attackers to delete files outside the intended directory. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H), highlighting its critical severity with high impacts on integrity and availability but no confidentiality loss.

Remote attackers require no privileges or user interaction to exploit this over the network with low complexity. Successful exploitation lets them bypass security controls to delete arbitrary files, such as critical system files, user data, or application resources, potentially disrupting system integrity and availability.

Mitigation details are provided in the referenced GitHub commit (https://github.com/danny-avila/librechat/commit/0b744db1e2af31a531ffb761584d85540430639c), which addresses the issue, and the Huntr advisory (https://huntr.com/bounties/e811f7f7-9556-4564-82e2-5b3d17599b2d). Security practitioners should update to a patched version of LibreChat beyond v0.7.5-rc2 and validate inputs to prevent path traversal in file-handling endpoints.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability exists in danny-avila/librechat version v0.7.5-rc2, specifically within the /api/files endpoint. This vulnerability arises from improper input validation, allowing path traversal techniques to delete arbitrary files on the server. Attackers can exploit this to bypass security…

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mechanisms and delete files outside the intended directory, including critical system files, user data, or application resources. This vulnerability impacts the integrity and availability of the system.

CWE(s)

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
LLM Application Platforms
Risk Domain
Supply Chain and Deployment
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: librechat

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2026-4502Shared CWE-22
CVE-2026-23483Shared CWE-22
CVE-2026-35485Shared CWE-22
CVE-2026-6590Shared CWE-22
CVE-2024-6090Shared CWE-22
CVE-2026-33497Shared CWE-22

Affected Assets

librechat
librechat
0.7.5

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.3.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.

Input validation directly neutralizes special path elements before pathname construction occurs.

Least privilege reduces the impact of any unauthorized file access obtained via traversal.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.

PR.AA-05 none match
prevents

PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.

prevents

Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.

prevents

Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.

mitigates

Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.

References