Path Traversal in binary-husky/gpt_academic

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    "title": "Path Traversal in binary-husky/gpt_academic",
    "summary": "A path traversal vulnerability exists in binary-husky/gpt_academic at commit 679352d, which allows an attacker to bypass the blocked_paths protection and read the config.py file containing sensitive information such as the OpenAI API key. This vulnerability is exploitable on Windows operating systems by accessing a specific URL that includes the absolute path of the project.",
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  "published_at": "2025-03-20T10:08:57.513+00:00"
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