CVE-2017-16762
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Sanic before 0.5.1 allows reading arbitrary files with directory traversal, as demonstrated by the /static/..%2f substring.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
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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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | sanic | <0.5.1 | 0.5.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sanic_project | sanic | {"endIncluding":"0.5.0"} | |
References
- https://github.com/channelcat/sanic/issues/633
- https://github.com/channelcat/sanic/releases/tag/0.5.1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16762
- https://github.com/sanic-org/sanic/pull/635
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sanic/PYSEC-2017-40.yaml
- https://github.com/sanic-org/sanic
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.