What is CVE-2025-8406?

CVE-2025-8406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zenml, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2025-8406?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-8406 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Zenml

CVE-2025-8406

ZenML version 0.83.1 is affected by a path traversal vulnerability in the `PathMaterializer` class. The `load` function uses `is_path_within_directory` to validate files during `data.tar.gz` extraction, which fails to effectively detect sy…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.003 (24.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Zenml
Zenml-io Zenml-io/zenml — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

security@huntr.dev (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
security@huntr.dev (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8406?: CVE-2025-8406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zenml, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2025-8406?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8406 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.