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CVE-2024-23334mediumobserved exploitationCWE-22

aiohttp.web.static(follow_symlinks=True) is vulnerable to directory traversal

94Vexday Risk Score

Patch now. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a working public exploit.

ssvc Actcvss 5.9epss 77%
from disclosure to weapon30 days
Published on NVDJan 29
1st PoC+30d
VulnCheck+46d
exploitation probability
77%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
26 public exploit(s)
aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. When using aiohttp as a web server and configuring static routes, it is necessary to specify the root path for static files. Additionally, the option 'follow_symlinks' can be used to determine whether to follow symbolic links outside the static root directory. When 'follow_symlinks' is set to True, there is no validation to check if reading a file is within the root directory. This can lead to directory traversal vulnerabilities, resulting in unauthorized access to arbitrary files on the system, even when symlinks are not present. Disabling follow_symlinks and using a reverse proxy are encouraged mitigations. Version 3.9.2 fixes this issue.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
aio-libs · aiohttp
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