Bug 2011938 (CVE-2021-40978)

Summary:	CVE-2021-40978 mkdocs: Directory traversal in dev-server
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
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Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	manisandro, williamjmorenor
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Hardware:	All
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Doc Text:	Mkdocs 1.2.2 allows directory traversal through the builtin development server which response on port 8000.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2011940, 2011941
Bug Blocks:	2011942

Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-10-07 19:08:07 UTC

The mkdocs 1.2.2 built-in dev-server allows directory traversal using the port 8000, enabling remote exploitation to obtain :sensitive information.

References:

https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978
https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2021-10-07 19:08:31 UTC

Created mkdocs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2011941]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2011940]

Comment 2 Sandro Mani 2021-10-08 09:31:22 UTC

Upstream issue: https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601

Comment 3 lnacshon 2021-10-11 07:53:36 UTC

seems that the service is using not affected version mkdocs-0.17.5 but still filing a tracker