CVE-2026-29509: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

CVE-2026-35592: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev97, the safeextractall function in src/pyload/plugins/extractors/UnTar.py uses os.path.commonprefix for its path traversal check, which performs character-level string comparison rather than path-level...

CVE-2026-29790: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

dbt-common is the shared common utilities for dbt-core and adapter implementations use. Prior to versions 1.34.2 and 1.37.3, a path traversal vulnerability exists in dbt-common's safeextract function used when extracting tarball archives. The function uses os.path.commonprefix to validate that...

CVE-2025-58161: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

MobSF is a mobile application security testing tool used. In version 4.4.0, the GET /download/ route uses string path verification via os.path.commonprefix, which allows an authenticated user to download files outside the DWDDIR download directory from "neighboring" directories whose absolute pat...

GHSA-V5GW-MW7F-84PX Starlette has Path Traversal vulnerability in StaticFiles

Summary When using StaticFiles, if there's a file or directory that starts with the same name as the StaticFiles directory, that file or directory is also exposed via StaticFiles which is a path traversal vulnerability. Details The root cause of this issue is the usage of os.path.commonprefix:...

Starlette has Path Traversal vulnerability in StaticFiles

Summary When using StaticFiles, if there's a file or directory that starts with the same name as the StaticFiles directory, that file or directory is also exposed via StaticFiles which is a path traversal vulnerability. Details The root cause of this issue is the usage of os.path.commonprefix:...