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Medium ALAS2-2026-3333 1 CVE

Moderate: python-mako security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jun 8, 2026 · Updated Jun 8, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-41205: Mako is a template library written in Python. Prior to 1.3.11, TemplateLookup.get_template() is vulnerable to path traversal when a URI starts with // (e.g., //../../../secret.txt). The root cause is an inconsistency between two slash-stripping implementations. Any file readable by the process can be returned as rendered template content when an application passes untrusted input directly to TemplateLookup.get_template(). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.11.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 python-mako 0:0.8.1-2.amzn2.0.2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.7

    Mako: Path traversal via double-slash URI prefix in TemplateLookup

    Mako is a template library written in Python. Prior to 1.3.11, TemplateLookup.get_template() is vulnerable to path traversal when a URI starts with // (e.g., //../../../secret.txt). The root cause is an inconsistency between two slash-stripping implementation…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-41205.html