# CVE-2024-8551: AgentScope path traversal vulnerability in save-workflow

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-8551-agentscope-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-save-workflow  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-03-20  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-8551 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.1 · Published 2025-03-20

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the save-workflow and load-workflow functionality of modelscope/agentscope versions prior to the fix. This vulnerability allows an attacker to read and write arbitrary JSON files on the filesystem, potentially leading to the exposure or modification of sensitive information such as configuration files, API keys, and hardcoded passwords.

Technologies: [agentscope (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/agentscope). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-8551 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-8551 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-8551?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.1, published 20 March 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** agentscope (PyPI) <= 0.1.1, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=0.1.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-8551?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-8551?** Check whether you run agentscope (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- agentscope (PyPI) <= 0.1.1, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=0.1.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-8551
- GHSA-j9rw-qm5f-r8xm
- PYSEC-2026-255

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