# CVE-2025-44593: CVE-2025-44593

Status: published. Published: 2025-09-09. Updated: 2026-11-07.

Halo prior to 2.20.13 allows bypassing file type detection and uploading malicious files such as .exe and .html files. Specifically, .html files can trigger stored XSS vulnerabilities. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.20.13

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- halo / halo: < 2.20.13 (affected, custom). Source: NVD

## NVD configuration conditions

Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions:

```json
[
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:halo:halo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "versionEndExcluding": "2.20.13",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  }
]
```

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 6.1 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N; source: NVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source NVD SSVC: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- Weaknesses: CWE-79

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://meadow-horn-b94.notion.site/halo-File-Upload-Vulnerability-14c42bd5b11880d58e11cd976f8e9d4f (cve@mitre.org; Broken Link)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44593; retrieved 2026-11-07; source updated 2026-11-07

Revision: ed954768751b1c2f9fb7540c2be7609d775252d2a328b79cfbca054df34f16a5

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2025-44593

## Agent and API access

Public CVE pages, Markdown, and JSON are free to read without an account or API key.

- Public catalog: https://y2.dev/cve/index.json. Follow nextCursor with the same search, filters, sort, and limit (1–100). A null cursor marks the end.

- WebMCP: search_cve_disclosures, get_cve_disclosure, get_cve_page_markdown, get_y2_cve_access. Available in compatible browsers.

- Cyber API: https://api.y2.dev/api/v2/cyber/cves and https://api.y2.dev/api/v2/cyber/cves/{cveId}.

- Y2 Pro or Elite: create a workspace API key with the intel:cyber scope and send Authorization: Bearer <Y2_API_KEY>. Setup: https://y2.dev/docs/api/create-key.

- x402: Pay per request without an account or API key. Omit Authorization, read the HTTP 402 PAYMENT-REQUIRED challenge, validate its current requirements, and retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE through an authorized payment client. These browser tools never make payments. Guide: https://y2.dev/docs/api/x402.

- OpenAPI: https://y2.dev/api/openapi.yaml. Agent access metadata: https://y2.dev/cve/agent.json.

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