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...

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:...

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:...