CVE-2023-29159

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Starlette versions 0.13.5 and later and prior to 0.27.0 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to view files in a web service which was built using Starlette.

Affected products

Kludex starlette: from 0.13.5 before 0.27.0 — fixed in 0.27.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kludex starlette 0.27.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/encode/starlette/releases/tag/0.27.0
https://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84px
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715/
https://github.com/encode/starlette/releases/tag/0.27.0
https://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84px
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715/

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