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Status published
High
CVE-2022-35920
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in sanic
Vulnerability Description
Sanic is an opensource python web server/framework. Affected versions of sanic allow access to lateral directories when using `app.static` if using encoded `%2F` URLs. Parent directory traversal is not impacted. Users are advised to upgrade. There is no known workaround for this issue.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
Affected Vendor
sanic-org
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sanic
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 22.0.0, < 22.6.1, >= 21.0.0, < 21.12.2, < 20.12.7
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 1st, 2022
Last Modified:
April 22nd, 2025
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L