CVE-2026-50181
Langroid: Path traversal in the file tools allows read/write outside configured current directory
- Published
- Jul 9, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 8.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Langroid is a framework for building large-language-model-powered applications. Prior to version 0.64.0, Langroid's `ReadFileTool` and `WriteFileTool` appear to treat `curr_dir` as the intended working-directory boundary for file operations. However, the tools only change the process working directory to `curr_dir` and then operate on the user-supplied `file_path` without resolving and enforcing that the final path remains inside `curr_dir`. As a result, a tool caller can supply path traversal sequences such as `../secret.txt` to read files outside the configured current directory, or `../written_by_tool.txt` to write files outside that directory. This can impact applications that expose Langroid file tools to an LLM agent, user-controlled tool call, or delegated coding/documentation agent while relying on `curr_dir` to restrict file access to a project/workspace directory. Version 0.64.0 patches the issue.
Sources
1- CVE-2026-50181Informational
Curated landing page for CVE-2026-50181, documenting a Langroid path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22/23) with links to GHSA, NVD, and public database coverage.
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