CVE-2024-32982: Litestar and Starlite affected by Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Litestar and Starlite is an Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface (ASGI) framework. Prior to 2.8.3, 2.7.2, and 2.6.4, a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability has been discovered in the static file serving component of LiteStar. This vulnerability allows attackers to exploit path traversal flaws, enabling unauthorized access to sensitive files outside the designated directories. Such access can lead to the disclosure of sensitive information or potentially compromise the server. The vulnerability is located in the file path handling mechanism within the static content serving function, specifically at `litestar/static_files/base.py`. This vulnerability is fixed in versions 2.8.3, 2.7.2, and 2.6.4.

Affected products

starlite-api starlite: from 1.37.0 through 1.51.14; from 2.0.0 before 2.6.4; from 2.7.0 before 2.7.2; from 2.8.0 before 2.8.3 — fixed in 2.6.4, 2.7.2, 2.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: starlite-api starlite 2.6.4, 2.7.2, 2.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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