An issue was discovered in Weaviate OSS before 1.33.4. An attacker with access to insert data into the database can craft an entry name with an absolute path (e.g., /etc/...) or use parent directory traversal (../../..) to escape the restore root when a backup is restored, potentially creating or overwriting files in arbitrary locations within the application's privilege scope.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://weaviate.io/blog/weaviate-security-release-november-2025 Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.2 · weaviateNVD modified 2026-10-14 17:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:weaviate:weaviate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*