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CVE-2026-45403: AnythingLLM: filesystem-copy-file follows nested symlinks and copies files from outside the allowed directory

LowCVSS 2.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 10/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.19% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: Mintplex-Labs anything-llm 1.13.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Mintplex-Labs anything-llm 1.13.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. Prior to 1.13.0, the AnythingLLM agent filesystem copy tool validates only the top-level source and destination paths. The recursive copy helper then descends into child entries using fs.stat() and copies files with fs.copyFile() without validating each child or rejecting symlinks. Because both APIs follow symlinks, a symlink nested inside an allowed source directory can point outside the allowed filesystem root and cause outside file contents to be copied into an allowed destination as a regular file. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.0.

Published
May 28, 2026
Updated
Jul 21, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 9th percentile

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Action score

10

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
10 / 40 · 2.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
2.5
CNA · GitHub_M
2.0
0.5 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
mintplexlabsanythingllm

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Mintplex-Labs anything-llm

    • < 1.13.0affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mintplexlabs anythingllmbefore 1.13.0

Same product

mintplexlabs: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-6842Exposure of Sensitive Information in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
    41Plan
  • CVE-2024-3104Remote Code Execution in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-3025Path Traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-41318Apr 24, 2026 · AnythingLLM vulnerable to stored DOM XSS in chart caption renderer - LLM-driven prompt injection produces executable HTML via unsanitized…
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-42456May 8, 2026 · AnythingLLM: Cross-User TTS Audio Disclosure via Chat ID (IDOR)
    17Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-47713May 28, 2026 · AnythingLLM: Legacy mobile device tokens bypass multi-user workspace scoping after mode migration
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Mintplex-Labs anything-llm1.13.0 · descriptionVendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Patch and commit links

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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