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This vulnerability allows for writing files anywhere on the server that the filesystem permissions that the running server has access to.\n\n### Patches\n\nUse mindsdb staging branch or v23.11.4.1\n\n\n### References\n\n* GHSL-2023-184 \n* See [CodeQL path injection prevention guidelines](https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/python/py-path-injection/) and [OWASP guidelines](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Path_Traversal).\n","status":"published","published":"2023-12-12T00:49:00Z","modified":"2024-11-22T18:14:17Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:22.774145Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-49796","description":"MindsDB connects artificial intelligence models to real time data. 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