CVE-2025-55523

published 2025-08-21

CVE-2025-55523: An issue in the component /api/download_work_dir_file.py of Agent-Zero v0.8.* allows attackers to execute a directory traversal.

Priority P2 74 low 3.5 CVSS 3.1

AV A AC L PR L UI N S U C L I N A N

ITW EXPLOIT VulnCheck KEV

An issue in the component /api/download_work_dir_file.py of Agent-Zero v0.8.* allows attackers to execute a directory traversal.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
agent-zero	agent-zero	0.8 – 0.9.4	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path /api/download_work_dir_file.py↗

url {{BaseURL}}/download_work_dir_file?path=/etc/passwd↗

yara↗

rule CVE_2025_55523_AgentZero_PathTraversal { strings: $re1 = /root:.*:0:0:/ $hdr = "filename=passwd" condition: $re1 and $hdr }

• → Look for unauthenticated GET requests to /download_work_dir_file with a 'path' parameter containing traversal sequences (e.g., '../' or absolute paths like '/etc/passwd'). ↗
• → Successful exploitation returns HTTP 200 with a response body matching 'root:.*:0:0:' and a Content-Disposition header containing 'filename=passwd'. ↗
• → Shodan/FOFA exposure: identify internet-facing Agent-Zero instances via title:'Agent Zero' or title="Agent Zero" as potential targets. ↗
• → The vulnerability is unauthenticated (PR:N/UI:N) — no session or credentials are required to exploit the path traversal endpoint. ↗

• · Affected versions are Agent-Zero 0.8.0 through 0.9.4 only; instances outside this range are not vulnerable to this specific issue. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 3.5 LOW CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

vulncheck 3.5 LOW

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