CVE-2023-29159
LOW3.7EPSS 1.6%Starlette has Path Traversal vulnerability in StaticFiles
Published: 5/17/2023Modified: 5/27/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/starlettefrom 0
- PyPI/starlette>= 0.13.5, < 0.27.0
- PyPI/starlette>= 0.13.5, < 0.27.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | LOW3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
References (10)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29159
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29159
- PATCHhttps://github.com/encode/starlette
- WEBhttps://github.com/encode/starlette/blob/4bab981d9e870f6cee1bd4cd59b87ddaf355b2dc/starlette/staticfiles.py#L172-L174
- WEBhttps://github.com/encode/starlette/commit/1797de464124b090f10cf570441e8292936d63e3
- WEBhttps://github.com/encode/starlette/releases/tag/0.27.0
- WEBhttps://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84px
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/starlette/PYSEC-2023-83.yaml
- WEBhttps://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715
- WEBhttps://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715/