CVE-2023-29159 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01332.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Encode	Starlette

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:encode:starlette:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0245	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84px	Starlette has Path Traversal vulnerability in StaticFiles

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/encode/starlette/releases/tag/0.27.0
https://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84px
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715/

History

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2023-06-01T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-01-09T19:18:29.375Z

Reserved: 2023-05-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-29159

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:00:14.995Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-01T02:15:09.803

Modified: 2025-01-09T20:15:33.313

Link: CVE-2023-29159

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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