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Medium · 4.4 CVE-2026-34726 EUVD-2026-18495GHSA-85v3-4m8g-hrh6PYSEC-2026-2134

Copier `_subdirectory` allows template root escape via parent-directory traversal

Published Apr 2, 2026 · Updated Apr 3, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Copier is a library and CLI app for rendering project templates. Prior to version 9.14.1, Copier's _subdirectory setting is documented as the subdirectory to use as the template root. However, the current implementation accepts parent-directory traversal such as .. and uses it directly when selecting the template root. As a result, a template can escape its own directory and make Copier render files from the parent directory without --UNSAFE. This issue has been patched in version 9.14.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
copier-org copier < 9.14.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI copier < 9.14.1 9.14.1 GHSA-85v3-4m8g-hrh6

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