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Path Traversal: '\..\filename'

CVE-2024-21542

Medium
6.6/10

Summary

The package luigi versions 2.0.0 through 3.5.2 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip) due to improper destination file path validation in the "_extract_packages_archive" function.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
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CWE-29 - Path Traversal: '\..\filename'

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '\..\filename' (leading backslash dot dot) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

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