Vulnerability · Published May 8, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-38360
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity path traversal in the dash-uploader package (PyPI). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.0% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)6.0%top 6.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling2Nuclei, Public PoC
Official description
Directory Traversal vulnerability in fohrloop dash-uploader v.0.1.0 through v.0.7.0a2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the dash_uploader/httprequesthandler.py, BaseHttpRequestHandler.get_temp_root(), BaseHttpRequestHandler._post() components.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | dash-uploader | no fix listed | GHSA-3rf6-x59v-5jfv |
| PyPI | dash-uploader | no fix listed | PYSEC-2026-320 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/fohrloop/dash-uploader
- https://pypi.org/project/dash-uploader/
- https://github.com/fohrloop/dash-uploader/blob/stable/dash_uploader/httprequesthandler.py
- https://github.com/fohrloop/dash-uploader/blob/dev/dash_uploader/httprequesthandler.py
- https://github.com/fohrloop/dash-uploader/issues/153
- https://github.com/a1ohadance/CVE-2026-38360
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/7635
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3rf6-x59v-5jfv