CVE-2022-26184
Poetry v1.1.9 and below was discovered to contain an untrusted search path which causes the application to behave in unexpected ways when users execute Poetry commands in a directory containing malicious content.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Poetry v1.1.9 and below was discovered to contain an untrusted search path which causes the application to behave in unexpected ways when users execute Poetry commands in a directory containing malicious content. This vulnerability occurs when the application is ran on Windows OS.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.90% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- python-poetry/poetry
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry-core/pull/205/commits/fa9cb6f358ae840885c700f954317f34838caba7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/releases/tag/1.1.9Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers/
- https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry-core/pull/205/commits/fa9cb6f358ae840885c700f954317f34838caba7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/releases/tag/1.1.9Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.