CVE-2025-25185: GPT Academic provides interactive interfaces for large language models. In 3.91 and earlier, GPT Academic does not prope
Summary
CVE-2025-25185 is a vulnerability in GPT Academic (version 3.91 and earlier) where the software does not properly handle soft links (special files that point to other files). An attacker can create a malicious soft link, upload it in a compressed tar.gz file, and when the server decompresses it, the soft link will point to sensitive files on the victim's server, allowing the attacker to read all server files.
Solution / Mitigation
A patch is available at https://github.com/binary-husky/gpt_academic/commit/5dffe8627f681d7006cebcba27def038bb691949
Vulnerability Details
7.5(high)
EPSS: 0.3%
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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25185
First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:53 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%