Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-8438

HighPublic PoC

Published: 20 March 2025

Published
20 March 2025
Modified
01 August 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0039 60.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-8438 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Modelscope Agentscope. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked in the top 39.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A path traversal vulnerability exists in modelscope/agentscope version v.0.0.4. The API endpoint `/api/file` does not properly sanitize the `path` parameter, allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files on the server.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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.
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T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
attack.mitre.org →
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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Why these techniques?

Path traversal in public-facing API endpoint enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190), file and directory discovery (T1083), and data collection from local system via arbitrary file reads (T1005).

Affected Assets

modelscope
agentscope
0.0.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References