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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-102991 EUVD-2026-90363GHSA-5639-2j2p-m4mxPYSEC-2026-4243

Mako: Path traversal via drive-letter URI on Windows in TemplateLookup

Published Sep 30, 2026 · Updated Sep 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Mako is a template library written in Python. Prior to 1.4.2, on Windows, TemplateLookup.get_template() in mako/lookup.py resolves template URIs with posixpath, while Template.__init__() in mako/template.py validates them with os.path, which uses ntpath. A URI beginning with a drive designator causes ntpath to absorb the traversal segments before the leading dot-dot check, while posixpath resolution can escape the configured template directory. An application that passes attacker-controlled template names or include paths can disclose process-readable files on the same volume, and a targeted file containing Mako template syntax may also be parsed and executed as a template. Raw URL paths are generally normalized before reaching this form, but query strings, form or JSON bodies, route parameters, and dynamic include expressions can preserve it. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
sqlalchemy mako < 1.4.2 —

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
Ubuntu 26.10 mako No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS mako No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS mako No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS mako No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS mako No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS mako No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS mako No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 python-mako No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling reflex 0.9.12-r1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI mako < 1.4.2 1.4.2 GHSA-5639-2j2p-m4mx

References