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CVE-2025-55149
Path Traversal in tiny-scientist (CVE-2025-55149)
Summary
path traversal in tiny-scientist (CVE-2025-55149). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via ``review_paper``.
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A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-55149** has been found in tiny-scientist.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like ``review_paper`` over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "tiny-scientist CVE-2025-55149" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-55149 (tiny-scientist) — CWE-22 /
Attack surface: `review_paper`
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**Path traversal** (CWE-22) exists in tiny-scientist. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via ``review_paper`` without authentication.
📍 Affected scope
tiny-scientist — . Attack surface: `review_paper`.
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'tiny-scientist' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'tiny-scientist' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `tiny-scientist` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
tiny-scientist
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References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55149
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrgf-hcr9-jq6h
- package https://github.com/ulab-uiuc/tiny-scientist
- package https://pypi.org/project/tiny-scientist
- web https://github.com/ulab-uiuc/tiny-scientist/security/advisories/GHSA-rrgf-hcr9-jq6h
- web https://github.com/ulab-uiuc/tiny-scientist/commit/7fd42873603012acb8c55a4fc3eaac9ab18e6559