CVE-2025-57698: AstrBot Path Traversal Vulnerability

HIGH
Advisory Identifier: GHSA-xrj9-mw57-j34v
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CWE-22
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Advisory Summary

CVE-2025-57698 is a HIGH path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')) affecting AstrBot libraries in the PyPI ecosystem. The issue involves astrbot contains a directory traversal vulnerability. Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.

CVE-2025-57698 at a Glance

CVE Identifier CVE-2025-57698
GHSA Identifier GHSA-xrj9-mw57-j34v
Severity HIGH
CVSS v3.1 Base Score N/A
CWE Classification CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Product AstrBot
Package Ecosystem PyPI
Published Date
Last Updated

How to Fix CVE-2025-57698

To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected AstrBot dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.

AstrBot fixed: Latest secure release 
pip install AstrBot>=Latest secure release
Verify Direct and Transitive Dependencies

Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release: 

pip show AstrBot

How to Check if You Are Affected

To determine whether your Python environment is affected by CVE-2025-57698, inspect your installed packages using pip:

pip show AstrBot

Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of AstrBot in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than the patched release), your application is affected.

Note: The pip show AstrBot command checks currently installed packages in your active Python environment.

Technical Details

Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'), where the product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. In AstrBot, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.

Source Advisory Statement

AstrBot Project v3.5.22 contains a directory traversal vulnerability. The handler function install_plugin_upload of the interface '/plugin/install-upload' parses the filename from the request body provided by the user, and directly uses the filename to assign to file_path without checking the validity of the filename. The variable file_path is then passed as a parameter to the function `file.save`, so that the file in the request body can be saved to any location in the file system through directory traversal.

CVE-2025-57698 Affected AstrBot Versions

1 component(s)
Product / Package Ecosystem Affected Versions Fixed Version
AstrBot
pypi/AstrBot
PyPI
≤ 3.5.22

References

NVD — CVE-2025-57698 NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57698
AstrBot Source Repository REPOSITORY
https://github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot
AstrBot Source Repository REPOSITORY
https://github.com/DYX217/vulnerability-explore/blob/main/2/README.md

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-57698?
CVE-2025-57698 is a security vulnerability in AstrBot involving AstrBot contains a directory traversal vulnerability under CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').
Which AstrBot versions are affected?
Affected versions include releases prior to current release patches across affected packages: AstrBot.
What version fixes CVE-2025-57698?
Upgrading to current release patches (or the latest patched release for your respective branch) resolves the vulnerability.
Is AstrBot affected?
Yes, AstrBot is affected in releases prior to Latest secure release. Upgrade your dependency to Latest secure release or later.
What CWE is associated with CVE-2025-57698?
CVE-2025-57698 is classified under CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.).
How can I check PyPI dependencies for CVE-2025-57698?
Run the dependency tree command: 'pip show AstrBot'. This command lists direct and transitive dependencies in your build configuration so you can verify if a vulnerable version is resolved.
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