CVE-2021-31153

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-05-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

please before 0.4 allows a local unprivileged attacker to gain knowledge about the existence of files or directories in privileged locations via the search_path function, the --check option, or the -d option.

Affected products

Please Project Please: before 0.4 — fixed in 0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Please Project Please 0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/18/1
https://gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/tree/master/src/bin
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/18/1
https://gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/tree/master/src/bin

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