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critical 9.3

CVE-2022-31561 json

The varijkapil13/Sphere_ImageBackend repository through 2019-10-03 on GitHub allows absolute path traversal because the Flask send_file fun…

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-53016

cvss
9.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The varijkapil13/Sphere_ImageBackend repository through 2019-10-03 on GitHub allows absolute path traversal because the Flask send_file function is used unsafely.

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Exploit prediction

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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