CVE-2023-29159

7.5 highEPSS 2.0%

High (7.5) in encode starlette. EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in starlette 0.27.0.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 81% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2023-06-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

encode:starlette

Packages (OSV)

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84px	PyPI	starlette	>=0.13.5 <0.27.0	0.27.0
PYSEC-2023-83	PyPI	starlette	>=0.13.5 <0.27.0	0.27.0

References

https://github.com/encode/starlette/releases/tag/0.27.0
https://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84px
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN95981715/
https://github.com/encode/starlette/releases/tag/0.27.0
https://github.com/encode/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gw-mw7f-84px

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