CVE-2023-29159 (GCVE-0-2023-29159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-01 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-09 19:18
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in Starlette versions 0.13.5 and later and prior to 0.27.0 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to view files in a web service which was built using Starlette.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-09 19:18 UTC
CWE
  • Directory traversal
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Encode Starlette Affected: versions 0.13.5 and later and prior to 0.27.0
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