CVE-2017-16762 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Sanic before 0.5.1 allows reading arbitrary files with directory traversal, as demonstrated by the /static/..%2f substring.

Published: 2017-11-10

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sanic_project:sanic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0127	Sanic before 0.5.1 allows reading arbitrary files with directory traversal, as demonstrated by the /static/..%2f substring.
Github GHSA	GHSA-mpmf-hr8p-p49g	Sanic arbitrary file read and directory traversal

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02426.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/channelcat/sanic/issues/633
https://github.com/channelcat/sanic/releases/tag/0.5.1

History

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Subscriptions

Sanic Project Sanic

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-10T09:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.033Z

Reserved: 2017-11-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16762

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-10T09:29:00.330

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:09:52.970

Link: CVE-2017-16762

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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