CVE-2024-6868: Mudler Localai

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

mudler/LocalAI version 2.17.1 allows for arbitrary file write due to improper handling of automatic archive extraction. When model configurations specify additional files as archives (e.g., .tar), these archives are automatically extracted after downloading. This behavior can be exploited to perform a 'tarslip' attack, allowing files to be written to arbitrary locations on the server, bypassing checks that normally restrict files to the models directory. This vulnerability can lead to remote code execution (RCE) by overwriting backend assets used by the server.

Affected products

• Mudler Localai: version 2.17.1 only

Published 2024-10-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.