{"id":86506,"date":"2026-02-19T21:18:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:18:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"cve-2025-50202-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-lychee-photo-management-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50202-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-lychee-photo-management-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-50202: Path Traversal Vulnerability in Lychee Photo-Management Tool<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Path traversal vulnerabilities, such as the one identified in Lychee versions 6.6.6 to 6.6.9, pose a significant threat to data security and integrity. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access local files, including sensitive data such as environment variables, nginx logs, other user&#8217;s uploaded images, and configuration secrets. As Lychee is a widely-used photo-management tool, this vulnerability potentially impacts a large number of users and systems, making it a critical issue that requires immediate attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-50202<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 7.5)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: System compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-154608350\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Lychee | 6.6.6 to 6.6.9<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability resides in the SecurePathController.php file of the Lychee application. The flaw allows an attacker to manipulate file paths to access directories that should be inaccessible. By sending crafted requests to the server, an attacker can traverse the directory tree to leak local files, including sensitive data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-66524973\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. This is a hypothetical HTTP request, where &#8220;malicious_payload&#8221; is the manipulated file path.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/path\/to\/SecurePathController.php?path=..\/..\/..\/..\/etc\/passwd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users of the Lychee photo-management tool are advised to immediately upgrade to version 6.6.10 or later, which contains a patch for this vulnerability. In the interim, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used to mitigate the risk of exploitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Path traversal vulnerabilities, such as the one identified in Lychee versions 6.6.6 to 6.6.9, pose a significant threat to data security and integrity. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access local files, including sensitive data such as environment variables, nginx logs, other user&#8217;s uploaded images, and configuration secrets. 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