Advisory record · GHSA-jwhx-xcg6-8xhj

In aiohttp, compressed files as symlinks are not protected from path traversal

CVSS 4.8 MediumEPSS 0.0065 · 51st percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 9 Aug 2024, 16:49 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
aiohttpPyPI>=3.10.0b1, <3.10.23.10.2
Identifiers
GHSA-jwhx-xcg6-8xhj · CVE-2024-42367 · PYSEC-2026-1108
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-61
Tags
Published
9 Aug 2024
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

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

Affected versions of aiohttp from 3.10.0b1 up to but not including 3.10.2 are vulnerable to path traversal through static routes. If a static route's files have compressed variants (.gz or .br) that are symbolic links pointing outside the root directory, a remote user can request them and read files outside that directory. Upgrade to aiohttp 3.10.2 or later. The source gives no workaround.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
4.8 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0065, the 51st percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:35 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:35 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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