GHSA-rxff-vr5r-8cj5 — medium GitHub Advisory (CVE-2024-42474) in pip/streamlit

Description

1. Impacted Products

Streamilt Open Source versions before 1.37.0.

2. Introduction

Snowflake Streamlit open source addressed a security vulnerability via the static file sharing feature. The vulnerability was patched on Jul 25, 2024, as part of Streamlit open source version 1.37.0. The vulnerability only affects Windows.

3. Path Traversal Vulnerability

3.1 Description

On May 12, 2024, Streamlit was informed via our bug bounty program about a path traversal vulnerability in the open source library. We fixed and merged a patch remediating the vulnerability on Jul 25, 2024. The issue was determined to be in the moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 5.9

3.2 Scenarios and attack vector(s)

Users of hosted Streamlit app(s) on Windows were vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability when the static file sharing feature is enabled. An attacker could utilize the vulnerability to leak the password hash of the Windows user running Streamlit.

3.3 Resolution

The vulnerability has been fixed in all Streamlit versions released since Jul 25, 2024. We recommend all users upgrade to Version 1.37.0.

4. Contact

Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions regarding this advisory. If you discover a security vulnerability in one of our products or websites, please report the issue to HackerOne. For more information, please see our Vulnerability Disclosure Policy.

Basic information

Type: reviewed
Severity: medium
Advisory on GitHub: Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory: Open repository advisory ↗
Source code: Browse source ↗
Published (advisory): 2024-08-12 18:35:12 UTC
Updated: 2024-11-26 18:52:19 UTC
GitHub reviewed: 2024-08-12 18:35:12 UTC
NVD published: 2024-08-12

Score	Percentile
1.65%	81.74%

CVSS Scores

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector
5.9	3.0	—	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:H) Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
6.0	4.0	—	`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network. Attack complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable. Attack requirements (AT:P) Additional preconditions must be present for exploitation. Privileges required (PR:L) Low privileges are required. User interaction (UI:N) No user interaction is required. Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:H) High confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system. Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:L) Limited integrity impact on the vulnerable system. Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N) No availability impact on the vulnerable system. Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N) No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems. Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N) No integrity impact on subsequent systems. Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N) No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

Type	Value
GHSA	GHSA-rxff-vr5r-8cj5 ↗
CVE	CVE-2024-42474 ↗

CWEs

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

Credits

nvn1729 (reporter)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	First patched	Vulnerable functions
pip	streamlit	< 1.37.0	1.37.0	—

Path traveral in Streamlit on windows