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CVE-2024-42367

In aiohttp, compressed files as symlinks are not protected from path traversal

Description

### Summary
Static routes which contain files with compressed variants (`.gz` or `.br` extension) were vulnerable to path traversal outside the root directory if those variants are symbolic links.


### Details
The server protects static routes from path traversal outside the root directory when `follow_symlinks=False` (default).  It does this by resolving the requested URL to an absolute path and then checking that path relative to the root.  However, these checks are not performed when looking for compressed variants in the `FileResponse` class, and symbolic links are then automatically followed when performing `Path.stat()` and `Path.open()` to send the file.

### Impact
Servers with static routes that contain compressed variants as symbolic links, pointing outside the root directory, or that permit users to upload or create such links, are impacted.

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Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/pull/8653/files

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Vulnerability Details
Score
4.7
Score Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Versions
aiohttp >= 3.10.0b1 < 3.10.2
Severity
Medium
Medium
Medium
Ecosystem
Python
Publish Date
August 9, 2024
Modified Date
June 9, 2025