PYSEC-2026-622

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    PYSEC-2026-622

    Published: 2 Jul 2026Last Modified: 6 Jul 2026

    Summary: Cheetah Path Search Order Hijacking

    Details: Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 searches the `/tmp` directory for modules before using the paths in the `PYTHONPATH` variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module in `/tmp/`.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1632, https://github.com/cheetahtemplate/cheetah, https://web.archive.org/web/20050430021153/http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542, https://pypi.org/project/cheetah, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxf2-7rc3-pxmx

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cheetah

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cheetah

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.9.15
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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
    PYSEC-2026-622 | CVE-DB