CVE-2024-47170 — agnai
MEDIUMCVE-2024-47170 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-35 vulnerability in agnai. A fix is available for agnai — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Agnai File Disclosure Vulnerability: JSON via Path Traversal
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-47170.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
agnainpmDescription
CWE-35: Path Traversal
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/35.html
CVSSv3.1 4.3 - Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
A vulnerability has been discovered in Agnai that permits attackers to read arbitrary JSON files at attacker-chosen locations on the server. This issue can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information and exposure of confidential configuration files.
This only affects installations with JSON_STORAGE enabled which is intended to local/self-hosting only.
Details & PoC
This is a path traversal vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request:
GET /api/json/messages/%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%61%70%70%2fpackage HTTP/1.1
In this example, the attacker retrieves the package.json file content from the server by manipulating the file path.
The request is processed by the loadMessages handler in agnai/srv/api/json/index.ts and a file is read and returned to the client. The read filename is constructed using string interpolation, with no guard or check for path traversal: https://github.com/agnaistic/agnai/blob/2b878b7ca66471c5dd080197ad9ca2f7f0022655/srv/api/json/index.ts#L77
Constraints
Environment constraints: JSON Storage enabled (non standard)
Impact
This vulnerability is classified as a path traversal vulnerability. Specifically, any JSON file on the server which the webserver process has read privileges for, can be disclosed to the attacker.
Credit
- @ropwareJB
- @noe233
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | agnai | all versions | 1.0.330npm install agnai@1.0.330 |
Affected Products
agnaiagnaiDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for agnai, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update agnai to 1.0.330 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-47170 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-47170 in your dependencies?
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