CVE-2024-42367: In aiohttp, compressed files as symlinks are not protected from path traversal

August 9, 2024

Static routes which contain files with compressed variants (.gz or .br extension) were vulnerable to path traversal outside the root directory if those variants are symbolic links.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwhx-xcg6-8xhj
github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp
github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/ce2e9758814527589b10759a20783fb03b98339f
github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/pull/8653
github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-jwhx-xcg6-8xhj
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42367

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