CVE-2023-29159
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.28.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.28.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.28.0-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.26.1-1+deb12u1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | starlette | >=0.13.5,<0.27.0 | 0.27.0 |
References
- https://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84px
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29159
- https://github.com/encode/starlette/commit/1797de464124b090f10cf570441e8292936d63e3
- https://github.com/encode/starlette
- https://github.com/encode/starlette/blob/4bab981d9e870f6cee1bd4cd59b87ddaf355b2dc/starlette/staticfiles.py#L172-L174
- https://github.com/encode/starlette/releases/tag/0.27.0
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/starlette/PYSEC-2023-83.yaml
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29159
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.