Bug 2016686 - python-babel: allows attackers to load arbitrary locale .dat files via directory traversal leading to code execution
Summary: python-babel: allows attackers to load arbitrary locale .dat files via direct...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1955615
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 2016687
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Reported: 2021-10-22 16:56 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2026-03-04 04:42 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: python-babel 2.9.1
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Last Closed: 2021-10-25 05:00:22 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-10-22 16:56:44 UTC 
Babel.Locale in Babel before 2.9.1 allows attackers to load arbitrary locale .dat files (containing serialized Python objects) via directory traversal, leading to code execution.

Reference:
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-14

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/python-babel/babel/pull/782
Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2021-10-25 05:00:22 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1955615 ***
Comment 5 Tomas Hoger 2021-11-05 10:33:20 UTC 
Moving the CVE alias to flaw bug 1955615 for easier tracking.
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