zauberzeug NiceGUI up to 1.4.20 leaflet {path:path} path traversal

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in zauberzeug NiceGUI up to 1.4.20. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /_nicegui/{__version__}/resources/{key}/{path:path} of the component leaflet. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-32005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in zauberzeug NiceGUI up to 1.4.20. Affected is an unknown code block of the file /_nicegui/{__version__}/resources/{key}/{path:path} of the component leaflet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

NiceGUI is an easy-to-use, Python-based UI framework. A local file inclusion is present in the NiceUI leaflet component when requesting resource files under the `/_nicegui/{__version__}/resources/{key}/{path:path}` route. As a result any file on the backend filesystem which the web server has access to can be read by an attacker with access to the NiceUI leaflet website. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.4.21. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-32005 since 04/08/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading to version 1.4.21 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ed12eb14f2a6c48b388a05c04b3c5a107ea9d330 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• zauberzeug

Name

• NiceGUI

Version

• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.8
• 1.4.9
• 1.4.10
• 1.4.11
• 1.4.12
• 1.4.13
• 1.4.14
• 1.4.15
• 1.4.16
• 1.4.17
• 1.4.18
• 1.4.19
• 1.4.20

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/zauberzeug/nicegui/

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