Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-11170

HighPublic PoC

Published: 20 March 2025

Published
20 March 2025
Modified
15 July 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0345 87.8th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 12.2% 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.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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)
CWE-29

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 TechniquesAI

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.
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T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence
Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.
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Why these techniques?

Path traversal vulnerability in public-facing web app's file upload (multer) enables arbitrary file writes, facilitating exploitation (T1190) and web shell deployment for persistence/execution (T1505.003), potentially leading to RCE.

Affected Assets

librechat
librechat
≤ 0.7.6

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References