GHSA-8phj-f9w2-cjcc

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    GHSA-8phj-f9w2-cjcc

    Published: 23 Nov 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary: Arbitrary file reading vulnerability in Aim

    Details: ### Impact A path traversal attack aims to access files and directories that are stored outside the web root folder. By manipulating variables that reference files with “dot-dot-slash (../)” sequences and its variations or by using absolute file paths, it may be possible to access arbitrary files and directories stored on file system including application source code or configuration and critical system files. Vulnerable code: https://github.com/aimhubio/aim/blob/0b99c6ca08e0ba7e7011453a2f68033e9b1d1bce/aim/web/api/views.py#L9-L16 ### Patches The vulnerability issue is resolved in Aim v3.1.0. ### References https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Path_Traversal

    References: https://github.com/aimhubio/aim/security/advisories/GHSA-8phj-f9w2-cjcc, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43775, https://github.com/aimhubio/aim/issues/999, https://github.com/aimhubio/aim/pull/1003, https://github.com/aimhubio/aim/commit/b9e53df5e32d14bbd3a2c738e2db7187fb531e93, https://github.com/aimhubio/aim, https://github.com/aimhubio/aim/blob/0b99c6ca08e0ba7e7011453a2f68033e9b1d1bce/aim/web/api/views.py#L9-L16, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/aim/PYSEC-2021-839.yaml

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: aim

    Purl: pkg:pypi/aim

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.0

    Affected versions

    2.0.19
    2.0.20
    2.0.21
    2.0.22
    2.0.23
    2.0.24
    2.0.25
    2.0.26
    2.0.27

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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