CVE-2025-62356
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA path traversal vulnerability in all versions of the Qodo Qodo Gen IDE enables a threat actor to read arbitrary local files in and outside of current projects on an end user’s system. The vulnerability can be reached directly and through indirect prompt injection.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA path traversal vulnerability in Qodo Qodo Gen IDE allows reading arbitrary local files on the victim's system. The flaw can be exploited directly or through indirect prompt injection, enabling threat actors to access files outside the project directory.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Qodo Gen IDE plugin installationCheck your IDE's installed extensions/plugins list for 'Qodo' or 'Qodo Gen' and note the version numberAffected if The plugin appears in the installed extensions with a version that has not been patched (compare to any available security updates)
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Confirm file access capability is enabledInspect the plugin settings or permissions panel to verify whether file reading or file system access is permittedAffected if File read or file system access permissions are granted to the plugin
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Test directory traversal boundaryIf the plugin exposes a chat/prompt interface, attempt to use a path traversal sequence (e.g., request a file like ../../etc/passwd or ../../~/.ssh/id_rsa) outside your project directoryAffected if The plugin returns content from files outside the current project directory, confirming traversal is possible
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Review recent prompt injection vectorsCheck IDE interaction logs, chat history, or any external input channels that feed into the Qodo plugin for suspicious or unexpected prompts containing '../' sequencesAffected if Such prompts exist and the plugin has executed them or returned file contents
If Qodo Gen IDE plugin is installed with file access enabled and has not been patched, the environment is vulnerable to unauthorized file reads via path traversal or prompt injection.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict path validation and sanitization to prevent directory traversal sequences (e.g., ../) and restrict file access to project boundaries. Until a patch is available, limit the plugin's permissions or disable it.
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