PYSEC-2026-2281

Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. In versions 1.0.1 and earlier, StaticFiles on Windows is vulnerable to SSRF. An UNC path such as \attacker.com\share can cause os.path.realpath to initiate an outbound SMB connection before the path is rejected, exposing the service account’s...

GHSA-WQP7-X3PW-XC5R Starlette: SSRF and NTLM credential theft via UNC paths in StaticFiles on Windows

Summary When serving static files on Windows, StaticFiles resolves the requested path with os.path.realpath. If a UNC path such as \attacker.com\share reaches the resolver, realpath causes the process to open a connection to the remote host over SMB port 445. This is a server-side request forgery...