CVE-2026-48818
Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. In versions 1.0.1 and earlier, StaticFiles on Windows is vulnerable to SSRF. An UNC path such as \\attacker.com\share can cause os.path.realpath to initiate an outbound SMB connection before the path is rejected, exposing the service account’s NTLMv2 credentials for offline cracking or relay even though the HTTP response is only a 404. The issue affects default follow_symlink=False deployments, including frameworks built on Starlette such as FastAPI; POSIX systems and follow_symlink=True are unaffected. The issue is fixed in 1.1.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-918
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- encode:starlette
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-wqp7-x3pw-xc5r | PyPI | starlette | <1.1.0 | 1.1.0 |
| PYSEC-2026-2281 | PyPI | starlette | <1.1.0 | 1.1.0 |
References
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/fd53168a7767b6b55ba5af787fd88f49e33cabc5
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/pull/3287
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/releases/tag/1.1.0
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-wqp7-x3pw-xc5r
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/starlette/PYSEC-2026-2281.yaml