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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-16762

CVE-2017-16762

Description

Sanic before 0.5.1 allows reading arbitrary files with directory traversal, as demonstrated by the /static/..%2f substring.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sanicPyPI	< 0.5.1	0.5.1

Affected products

2

Sanic Project/Sanic
cpe:2.3:a:sanic_project:sanic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=0.5.0
ghsa-coords
pkg:pypi/sanic
Range: < 0.5.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

6

github.com/channelcat/sanic/issues/633nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpmf-hr8p-p49gghsaADVISORY
github.com/channelcat/sanic/releases/tag/0.5.1nvdRelease NotesThird Party AdvisoryWEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16762ghsaADVISORY
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sanic/PYSEC-2017-40.yamlghsaWEB
github.com/sanic-org/sanic/pull/635ghsaWEB

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