CVE-2017-16762: Sanic arbitrary file read and directory traversal

May 17, 2022 (updated October 25, 2024)

Sanic before 0.5.1 allows reading arbitrary files with directory traversal, as demonstrated by the /static/..%2f substring.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpmf-hr8p-p49g
github.com/channelcat/sanic/issues/633
github.com/channelcat/sanic/releases/tag/0.5.1
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sanic/PYSEC-2017-40.yaml
github.com/sanic-org/sanic
github.com/sanic-org/sanic/pull/635
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16762

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