Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in hyper-bump-it
hyper-bump-it reads a file glob pattern from the configuration file. That is combined with the project root directory to construct a full glob pattern that is used to find files that should be edited. These matched files should be contained within the project root directory, but that is not checked. This could result in changes being written to files outside of the project.
The default behaviour of hyper-bump-it is to display the planned changes and prompt the user for confirmation before editing any files. However, the configuration file provides a field that can be used cause files to be edited without displaying the prompt.
The vulnerability is present in
https://github.com/plannigan/hyper-bump-it/blob/49c726201bbdc02c052302e03fd907d2170e1f47/hyper_bump_it/_hyper_bump_it/files.py#L35
That code joins the project root directory with a string read from the configuration file without checking if the final path is located outside the project root directory.
The following configuration file contents would cause hyper-bump-it to replace every instance of "hello" in every file adjacent to the project root directory with "world". The line setting show_confirm_prompt to false is not required, but will result in the user file edits to occur without the user having a chance to reject the changes (The fact that changes happened would still be displayed).
```toml
[hyper-bump-it]
current_version = "1.2.3"
show_confirm_prompt=false
[[hyper-bump-it.files]]
file_glob = "../*"
search_format_pattern = "hello"
replace_format_pattern = "world"
```
A fix that been released as part of v0.5.1. The changes can be view as part of PR #307.
Users that are unable to update from vulnerable versions, executing hyper-bump-it with the --interactive command line argument will ensure that all planned changes are displayed and prompt the user for confirmation before editing any files, even if the configuration file contains show_confirm_prompt=true.
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVE-2023-41057 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.
CVE-2023-41057 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 7 July 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.
github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
pypi.org (Package)
github.com (Advisory)
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-22: Path Traversal) in other software:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| hyper-bump-it | — | 0.5.1 |
References
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