debian · CVE-2021-40978

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:17:19 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2021-40978 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (python-mkdocs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5.

Description:

The mkdocs 1.2.2 built-in dev-server allows directory traversal using the port 8000, enabling remote exploitation to obtain :sensitive information. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601.] and https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1

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