ZenML is vulnerable to Path Traversal through its `PathMaterializer` class

Medium6.3CVE-2025-8406 · Published Oct 5, 2025 · updated Jul 7, 2026

ZenML version 0.83.1 is affected by a path traversal vulnerability in the `PathMaterializer` class. The `load` function uses `is_path_within_directory` to validate files during `data.tar.gz` extraction, which fails to effectively detect symbolic and hard links. This vulnerability can lead to arbitrary file writes, potentially resulting in arbitrary command execution if critical files are overwritten.