Path Traversal in Weaviate
CVE-2025-67819
An issue was discovered in Weaviate OSS before 1.33.4. Due to a lack of validation of the fileName field in the transfer logic, an attacker who can call the GetFile method while a shard is in the "Pause file activity" state and the FileReplicationService is reachable can read arbitrary files accessible to the service process.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/weaviate/weaviate (Product)
- weaviate.io/blog/weaviate-security-release-november-2025 (Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-67819?
- CVE-2025-67819 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Weaviate, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2025-12-12.
- How severe is CVE-2025-67819?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.