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CVE-2021-40978
CVE-2021-40978
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5 MEDIUM
The mkdocs 1.2.2 built-in dev-server allows directory traversal using the port 8000, enabling remote exploitation to obtain :sensitive information. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601.] and https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1
EPSS 79.72% · 99.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
5
EPSS Score
79.72%
99.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| PyPI | mkdocs | 1.2.2, 1.2.2 |
| mkdocs | mkdocs | 1.2.2 |
Timeline
- Oct 7, 2021 CVE Published
- Oct 8, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 23, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 10, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 29, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 29, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs url
- https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978 url
- https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601 url
- https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40978 advisory
- https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/pull/2604 url
- https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/commit/1b15412f4caae476c262210315fd068d0521a833 url
- https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/commit/57540911a0d632674dd23edec765189f96f84f6b url
- https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.2.3 url
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mkdocs/PYSEC-2021-878.yaml url