emmett-framework/emmett · Security
Emmett has a path traversal in internal assets handler
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-pr46-2v3c-5356
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-39847
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
The RSGI static handler for Emmett's internal assets (/__emmett__ paths) is vulnerable to path traversal attacks.
An attacker can use ../ sequences (eg /__emmett__/../rsgi/handlers.py) to read arbitrary files outside the assets directory.
CWEs
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')