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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-34730 EUVD-2026-18497GHSA-hgjq-p8cr-gg4hPYSEC-2026-2135

Copier `_external_data` allows path traversal and absolute-path local file read without unsafe mode

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 _external_data feature allows a template to load YAML files using template-controlled paths. If untrusted templates are in scope, a malicious template can read attacker-chosen YAML-parseable local files that are accessible to the user running Copier and expose their contents in rendered output. 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-hgjq-p8cr-gg4h

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