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A vulnerability was found in qdrant up to 1.9.0-dev. It has been declared as very critical. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-3829. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in qdrant up to 1.9.0-dev. It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

qdrant/qdrant version 1.9.0-dev is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write during the snapshot recovery process. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating snapshot files to include symlinks, leading to arbitrary file read by adding a symlink that points to a desired file on the filesystem and arbitrary file write by including a symlink and a payload file in the snapshot's directory structure. This vulnerability allows for the reading and writing of arbitrary files on the server, which could potentially lead to a full takeover of the system. The issue is fixed in version v1.9.0.

The advisory is available at huntr.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-3829 since 04/15/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/15/2025).

Upgrading to version 1.9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ee7a31ec3459a6a4219200234615c1817ab82260 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• qdrant

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• 1.9.0-dev

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/

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