Advisory record · GHSA-9gmc-jqmh-3rvm

Copier has a trust-prefix bypass via path traversal that runs tasks unprompted

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.0026 · 18th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 19 Aug 2026, 19:16 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
copierPyPI>=9.5.0, <9.15.29.15.2
Identifiers
GHSA-9gmc-jqmh-3rvm · CVE-2026-53951 · PYSEC-2026-3818
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22 · CWE-94
Published
19 Aug 2026
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Copier versions 9.5.0 up to 9.15.1 are affected. A trusted-prefix entry in the trust setting can be bypassed with ".." path segments, so a template that appears to be under a trusted location but actually resolves elsewhere runs its tasks without the trust prompt. An attacker who controls a template URL, such as via a project's answers file during copier update, could execute arbitrary commands. Upgrade to copier 9.15.2, which fixes this.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.8 High 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0026, the 18th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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