Security Resilience

CVE-2024-11170

Librechat ≤ 0.7.6

Public PoC
Published
20 March 2025
Modified
15 July 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3 8.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.018 78th percentile
Risk Priority 69 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-11170 is a high-severity Path Traversal: '\..\filename' (CWE-29) vulnerability in Librechat Librechat. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Junk Data (T1001.001); ranked in the top 22% 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 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability in danny-avila/librechat version git 81f2936 allows for path traversal due to improper sanitization of file paths by the multer middleware. This can lead to arbitrary file write and potentially remote code execution. The issue is fixed in version…

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0.7.6.

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

T1001.001 Junk Data Command And Control
Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.
T1003.001 LSASS Memory Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credential material stored in the process memory of the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS).
T1003.005 Cached Domain Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access cached domain credentials used to allow authentication to occur in the event a domain controller is unavailable.
T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access
Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking.
T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

librechat
librechat
≤ 0.7.6

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Input validation directly neutralizes the '\..\filename' sequence before pathname resolution occurs.

Access enforcement denies requests that resolve outside the intended directory even when the traversal sequence is present.

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-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and path sanitization that block this traversal vector.

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.

blocks

Application security requirements can mandate input validation and path canonicalization to block traversal sequences.

blocks

A.8.27 mandates security-by-design principles (least privilege, default-deny, distrust-external-input, hardening, design review against attack patterns) that reach path-traversal neutralization in many but not all cases; business-process-specific controls, outsourced development, and residual design choices leave a bounded remainder unaddressed.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly require neutralizing path traversal sequences such as '\..\filename'.

finds

Security testing can discover path-traversal flaws but does not itself prevent them in production code.

References