High severity · published Jun 1, 2023
CVE-2023-29159
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…
7.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ST
Starlette · Encode
0.13.5 before 0.27.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29159
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29159
Release Notes
https://github.com/encode/starlette/releases/tag/0.27.0
Exploit
https://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84px
Third Party Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715/
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