Information Exposure The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package web2py  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-WEB2PY-1640833
  • published21 Mar 2026
  • disclosed11 Jan 2017

Introduced: 11 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-4806  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream web2py package and not the web2py package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Web2py versions 2.14.5 and below was affected by Local File Inclusion vulnerability, which allows a malicious intended user to read/access web server sensitive files.