Path TraversalWeakness · CWE-22

CVE-2026-4997

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-03-28
Mitigation only
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
A security flaw has been discovered in Sinaptik AI PandasAI up to 3.0.0. This affects the function is_sql_query_safe of the file pandasai/helpers/sql_sanitizer.py. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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 confidence

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the is_sql_query_safe function within pandasai/helpers/sql_sanitizer.py in Sinaptik AI PandasAI up to version 3.0.0. The function, intended to validate SQL queries for safety, fails to properly sanitize path traversal sequences, potentially allowing attackers to access files outside the intended directory through manipulated SQL inputs.

MitigationImplement robust path validation and sanitization in the is_sql_query_safe function to reject path traversal sequences (e.g., ../, absolute paths) and ensure all file/directory references are constrained to expected boundaries.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 checks

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  1. Check installed PandasAI version
    Run 'pip show pandasai' or 'pip list | grep -i pandasai' to find the installed version of the PandasAI package
    Affected if The installed version is 3.0.0 or lower (any version up to and including 3.0.0 is affected)
  2. Locate the vulnerable sql_sanitizer.py file
    Find the file pandasai/helpers/sql_sanitizer.py in your Python environment using 'python -c "import pandasai; print(pandasai.__file__)"' to get the package path, then navigate to helpers/
    Affected if The file exists in the installed package and contains the is_sql_query_safe function
  3. Verify the is_sql_query_safe function implementation
    Open pandasai/helpers/sql_sanitizer.py and inspect the is_sql_query_safe function for lack of path traversal validation (checking for ../ sequences or absolute paths)
    Affected if The function does not contain validation logic to reject path traversal sequences like ../ or absolute paths
  4. Check if SQL query processing is enabled
    Review your application configuration or code that uses PandasAI to determine if SQL query features are being used (look for calls to functions that invoke is_sql_query_safe or process SQL inputs)
    Affected if Your application processes user-controlled SQL queries through PandasAI's sanitization functions

You are affected if you have PandasAI version 3.0.0 or lower installed and your application uses the is_sql_query_safe function to validate SQL queries that could contain path traversal sequences.

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Mitigation

Implement robust path validation and sanitization in the is_sql_query_safe function to reject path traversal sequences (e.g., ../, absolute paths) and ensure all file/directory references are constrained to expected boundaries.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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