PYSEC-2026-749

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-02 14:13 - Updated: 2026-07-06 07:37
VLAI
Details

Scout is a Variant Call Format (VCF) visualization interface. The Pypi package scout-browser is vulnerable to path traversal due to send_file call in versions prior to 4.52.

Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Impacted products
Name purl
scout-browser pkg:pypi/scout-browser
Aliases
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "scout-browser",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/scout-browser"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.52"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.2.0",
        "1.2.0b1",
        "1.2.0b2",
        "1.4.0",
        "2.0.0",
        "3.0.2",
        "3.0.3",
        "3.0.5",
        "3.0.6",
        "3.0.7",
        "3.3.1",
        "3.5.0",
        "4.0.0",
        "4.1.0",
        "4.1.1",
        "4.1.2",
        "4.1.3",
        "4.1.4",
        "4.10.1",
        "4.11",
        "4.12.3",
        "4.12.4",
        "4.13.1",
        "4.14",
        "4.14.1",
        "4.15",
        "4.15.1",
        "4.16.1",
        "4.18",
        "4.2.1",
        "4.2.2",
        "4.21",
        "4.21.1",
        "4.21.2",
        "4.22",
        "4.23",
        "4.24",
        "4.24.1",
        "4.25",
        "4.26",
        "4.26.1",
        "4.27",
        "4.28",
        "4.29",
        "4.29.1",
        "4.3.0",
        "4.3.1",
        "4.30",
        "4.30.1",
        "4.30.2",
        "4.31",
        "4.31.1",
        "4.32",
        "4.32.1",
        "4.33",
        "4.33.1",
        "4.34",
        "4.35",
        "4.36",
        "4.37",
        "4.38",
        "4.39",
        "4.4.1",
        "4.40",
        "4.40.1",
        "4.41",
        "4.42",
        "4.42.1",
        "4.43",
        "4.43.1",
        "4.44",
        "4.45",
        "4.46",
        "4.46.1",
        "4.47",
        "4.48",
        "4.48.1",
        "4.49",
        "4.50",
        "4.50.1",
        "4.51",
        "4.7",
        "4.7.2",
        "4.7.3",
        "4.8.0",
        "4.8.2",
        "4.8.3",
        "4.9.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-1554",
    "GHSA-694v-63fq-fmr4"
  ],
  "details": "Scout is a Variant Call Format (VCF) visualization interface. The Pypi package `scout-browser` is vulnerable to path traversal due to `send_file` call in versions prior to 4.52.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-749",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T07:37:25.115712Z",
  "published": "2026-07-02T14:13:21.676775Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1554"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Clinical-Genomics/scout/issues/3128"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Clinical-Genomics/scout/issues/3302"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Clinical-Genomics/scout/pull/3303"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/clinical-genomics/scout/commit/952a2e2319af2d95d22b017a561730feac086ff1"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/clinical-genomics/scout"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/7acac778-5ba4-4f02-99e2-e4e17a81e600"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/scout-browser"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-694v-63fq-fmr4"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Path Traversal in scout-browser"
}



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