CVE-2026-53951
Copier: trust-prefix bypass via path traversal runs tasks unprompted
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Jul 8, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 11, 2026
Description
Copier is a library and CLI app for rendering project templates. In versions 9.5.0 through 9.15.1, the `trust` setting's prefix match (`copier/_settings.py`) compares the template URL against a trusted prefix with a raw `str.startswith` and no path normalization, while the URL is normalized when the template is actually fetched (`Path.resolve()` for local paths; libcurl dot-segment removal for `https`). A template reference that textually starts with a trusted prefix but contains `..` is therefore granted trust yet resolves to a different, attacker-controlled template, whose `tasks` / `migrations` / `jinja_extensions` then run without the `--trust` prompt — arbitrary command execution. Version 9.15.2 patches the issue.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.8 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
copiercopier-org |
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References
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