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ubuntu-cve-2023-29159

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-06-01 02:15

Modified

2025-09-08 16:56

Summary

Details

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

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29159	REPORT
	https://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advi…	REPORT
	https://github.com/encode/starlette/releases/tag/0.27.0	REPORT
	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715/	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29159	REPORT

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-01 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-09 19:18

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 (v2.0.3)

CWE

Directory traversal
CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

jpcert

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advi…
https://github.com/encode/starlette/releases/tag/0.27.0
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715/

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Encode	Starlette	Affected: versions 0.13.5 and later and prior to 0.27.0

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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