GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-pqmg-c2j8-fq92 InstructLab vulnerable to Path Traversal
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-6855
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- instructlab
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2026-04-29
Affected packages
• PyPI instructlab: <= 0.26.1 (no fix yet)
Description
A flaw was found in InstructLab. A local attacker could exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the chat session handler by manipulating the `logs_dir` parameter. This allows the attacker to create new directories and write files to arbitrary locations on the system, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification or disclosure.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-6855 A flaw was found in InstructLab. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness