Symlink Attack Affecting network-ai package, versions <5.12.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-NETWORKAI-17756614
  • published1 Jul 2026
  • disclosed19 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jun 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade network-ai to version 5.12.2 or higher.

Overview

network-ai is an AI agent orchestration framework for TypeScript/Node.js - 29 adapters (LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, OpenAI Assistants, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, Haystack, DSPy, Agno, MCP, OpenClaw, A2A, Codex, MiniMax, NemoClaw, APS, Copilot, LangGraph, Anthropic Compu

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the backup process. An attacker can access sensitive files outside the intended directory by placing a symbolic link within the environment data directory, causing the backup operation to include files from outside the environment root.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1