CVE-2024-42367 – aiohttp

Package

Manager: pip
Name: aiohttp
Vulnerable Version: >=3.10.0b1 <3.10.2

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00267 pctl0.49921

Details

In aiohttp, compressed files as symlinks are not protected from path traversal ### Summary Static routes which contain files with compressed variants (`.gz` or `.br` extension) were vulnerable to path traversal outside the root directory if those variants are symbolic links. ### Details The server protects static routes from path traversal outside the root directory when `follow_symlinks=False` (default). It does this by resolving the requested URL to an absolute path and then checking that path relative to the root. However, these checks are not performed when looking for compressed variants in the `FileResponse` class, and symbolic links are then automatically followed when performing `Path.stat()` and `Path.open()` to send the file. ### Impact Servers with static routes that contain compressed variants as symbolic links, pointing outside the root directory, or that permit users to upload or create such links, are impacted. ---- Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/pull/8653/files

Metadata

Created: 2024-08-09T16:49:58Z
Modified: 2025-06-09T12:17:20Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/08/GHSA-jwhx-xcg6-8xhj/GHSA-jwhx-xcg6-8xhj.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-61"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-jwhx-xcg6-8xhj
Finding: F184
Auto approve: 1