Vulnerability · Published Jan 11, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2022-4885sviehb jefferson path traversal
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in jefferson from sviehb. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A vulnerability has been found in sviehb jefferson up to 0.3 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file src/scripts/jefferson. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 0.4 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 53b3f2fc34af0bb32afbcee29d18213e61471d87. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218020.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | jefferson | 0.4 | GHSA-7jrw-p8jc-v6qw |
| PyPI | jefferson | 0.4 | PYSEC-2026-826 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://vuldb.com/?id.218020 vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218020 signature, permissions-required
- https://github.com/sviehb/jefferson/pull/36 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/sviehb/jefferson/commit/53b3f2fc34af0bb32afbcee29d18213e61471d87 patch
- https://github.com/sviehb/jefferson/releases/tag/v0.4 patch