Arbitrary File Read Affecting webbrowser package, versions <0.8.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.36% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-WEBBROWSER-3230892
  • published15 Jan 2023
  • disclosed15 Jan 2023
  • creditoffalltn

Introduced: 15 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-45299  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade webbrowser to version 0.8.3 or higher.

Overview

webbrowser is a package for opening URLs in web browsers

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via the IpFile argument, due lack of validation for URL strings.

CVSS Scores

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