Mintplex-Labs AnythingLLM data-export Endpoint filename unusual condition

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Mintplex-Labs AnythingLLM. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component data-export Endpoint. Such manipulation of the argument filename leads to unusual condition. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-22422. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Mintplex-Labs AnythingLLM (unknown version). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component data-export Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument filename with an unknown input leads to a unusual condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-754. The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

AnythingLLM is an application that turns any document, resource, or piece of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. In versions prior to commit `08d33cfd8` an unauthenticated API route (file export) can allow attacker to crash the server resulting in a denial of service attack. The “data-export” endpoint is used to export files using the filename parameter as user input. The endpoint takes the user input, filters it to avoid directory traversal attacks, fetches the file from the server, and afterwards deletes it. An attacker can trick the input filter mechanism to point to the current directory, and while attempting to delete it the server will crash as there is no error-handling wrapper around it. Moreover, the endpoint is public and does not require any form of authentication, resulting in an unauthenticated Denial of Service issue, which crashes the instance using a single HTTP packet. This issue has been addressed in commit `08d33cfd8`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The weakness was disclosed 01/19/2024 as GHSA-xmj6-g32r-fc5q. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-22422 since 01/10/2024. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Applying the patch 08d33cfd8fc47c5052b6ea29597c964a9da641e2 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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• Mintplex-Labs

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• AnythingLLM

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• open-source

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