mediumVulnerability

GHSA-v92g-xgxw-vvmm

### Summary `TemplateLookup.get_template()` is vulnerable to path traversal when a URI starts with `//` (e.g., `//../../../secret.txt`). The root cause is an inconsistency between two slash-stripping implementations: - `Template.__init__` strips **one** leading `/` using `if`/slice - `TemplateLookup.get_template()` strips **all** leading `/` using `re.sub(r"^\/+", "")` When a URI like `//../../../../etc/passwd` is passed: 1. `get_template()` strips all `/` → `../../../../etc/passwd` → file found via `posixpath.join(dir_, u)` 2. `Template.__init__` strips one `/` → `/../../../../etc/passwd` → `normpath` → `/etc/passwd` 3. `/etc/passwd`.startswith(`..`) → `False` → **check bypassed** ### Impact Arbitrary file read: any file readable by the process can be returned as rendered template content when an application passes untrusted input directly to `TemplateLookup.get_template()`. Note: this is exploitable at the library API level. HTTP-based exploitation is mitigated by Python's `BaseHTTPRequestHandler` which normalizes double-slash prefixes since CPython gh-87389. Applications using other HTTP servers that do not normalize paths may be affected. ### Fix Changed `Template.__init__` to use `lstrip("/")` instead of stripping only a single leading slash, so both code paths handle leading slashes consistently.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-v92g-xgxw-vvmm
severity
medium
summary
Mako: Path traversal via double-slash URI prefix in TemplateLookup
cve_id
GHSA-v92g-xgxw-vvmm
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-04-16T21:16:40Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v92g-xgxw-vvmm
ghsa_updated
2026-04-16T21:16:43Z

Related Entities (4)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]pip/Mako

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]pip/Mako

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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