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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2023-40587 EUVD-2023-2313GHSA-j8g2-6fc7-q8f8PYSEC-2026-1840

Pyramid static view path traversal up one directory

Published Aug 25, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Pyramid is an open source Python web framework. A path traversal vulnerability in Pyramid versions 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 impacts users of Python 3.11 that are using a Pyramid static view with a full filesystem path and have a `index.html` file that is located exactly one directory above the location of the static view's file system path. No further path traversal exists, and the only file that could be disclosed accidentally is `index.html`. Pyramid version 2.0.2 rejects any path that contains a null-byte out of caution. While valid in directory/file names, we would strongly consider it a mistake to use null-bytes in naming files/directories. Secondly, Python 3.11, and 3.12 has fixed the underlying issue in `os.path.normpath` to no longer truncate on the first `0x00` found, returning the behavior to pre-3.11 Python, un an as of yet unreleased version. Fixes will be available in:Python 3.12.0rc2 and 3.11.5. Some workarounds are available. Use a version of Python 3 that is not affected, downgrade to Python 3.10 series temporarily, or wait until Python 3.11.5 is released and upgrade to the latest version of Python 3.11 series.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Pylons pyramid >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 python-pyramid 2.0.2+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 python-pyramid 2.0.2+dfsg-1 —
Debian 12 python-pyramid 2.0+dfsg-2+deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 python-pyramid No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS python-pyramid No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 python-pyramid No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS python-pyramid No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS python-pyramid No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS python-pyramid No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS python-pyramid No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS python-pyramid No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pyramid >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2 2.0.2 GHSA-j8g2-6fc7-q8f8

References