CVE-2026-102598

Werkzeug is a comprehensive WSGI web application library. Prior to 3.1.9, the safe_join function used by send_from_directory can allow a NUL: special-device path because safe_join checks the Windows device name without first removing an empty NTFS ADS marker. The trigger is that an application runs on Windows with NTFS and serves a user-specified path ending in a special device name such as NUL:. The attack mechanism is that a requested path ends in a Windows special device name with an empty ADS marker. The impact is that the special device opens successfully and the file read hangs indefinitely. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.9.

CVSS 4.0

6.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-67

Published

2026-09-29

Modified

2026-09-30

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug/commit/8d77320bcdf3a34941ec06dcf16b03c065cd21b6
• https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug/pull/3309
• https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug/releases/tag/3.1.9
• https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug/security/advisories/GHSA-g6x2-hccm-hh4m

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