SysmonElixir path traversal in /read endpoint allows arbitrary file read

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-52574",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "SysmonElixir path traversal in /read endpoint allows arbitrary file read",
    "summary": "SysmonElixir is a system monitor HTTP service in Elixir. Prior to version 1.0.1, the /read endpoint reads any file from the server's /etc/passwd by default. In v1.0.1, a whitelist was added that limits reading to only files under priv/data. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.1.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-52574",
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    "severity": "high",
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        "GHSA-9vj4-rv7q-36qj"
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/bocaletto-luca/elixir-system-monitor",
              "type": "GIT",
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                        "fixed": "1.0.1"
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                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
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            "v1.0.0"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:38.607619185Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/52xxx/CVE-2025-52574.json",
        "https://github.com/bocaletto-luca/elixir-system-monitor/security/advisories/GHSA-9vj4-rv7q-36qj",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52574",
        "https://github.com/bocaletto-luca/elixir-system-monitor/commit/647a5525f6667a28f1133985213dd080ea11bb87"
      ],
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        "cwe_ids": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 506142,
  "published_at": "2025-06-24T02:52:11.889+00:00"
}