CVE-2026-29790

dbt-common: commonprefix() doesn't protect against path traversal

State
Published
Severity
2.0 Low
Published
Mar 6, 2026
Updated
Mar 9, 2026
Reserved
Mar 4, 2026

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Description

dbt-common is the shared common utilities for dbt-core and adapter implementations use. Prior to versions 1.34.2 and 1.37.3, a path traversal vulnerability exists in dbt-common's safe_extract() function used when extracting tarball archives. The function uses os.path.commonprefix() to validate that extracted files remain within the intended destination directory. However, commonprefix() compares paths character-by-character rather than by path components, allowing a malicious tarball to write files to sibling directories with matching name prefixes. This issue has been patched in versions 1.34.2 and 1.37.3.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.02.0 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
dbt-commondbt-labs
  • < 1.37.3Affected
  • < 1.34.2Affected

References

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