CVE-2023-29159
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorStarlette
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
PoC
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Starlette versions 0.13.5 and later and prior to 0.27.0 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to view files in a web service which was built using Starlette.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
ExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84pxSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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