Description
Mistune before 3.3.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Include directive that allows attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying ../ sequences in include paths. Attackers can also inject HTML through unescaped error messages and included file contents to perform cross-site scripting even when escape=True is set.
Published: 2026-10-22
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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Description Mistune before 3.3.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Include directive that allows attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying ../ sequences in include paths. Attackers can also inject HTML through unescaped error messages and included file contents to perform cross-site scripting even when escape=True is set.
Title Mistune before 3.3.0 Path Traversal and XSS via Include Directive
First Time appeared Mistune Project
Mistune Project mistune
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mistune_project:mistune:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mistune Project
Mistune Project mistune
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Mistune Project Mistune
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T19:13:31.904Z

Reserved: 2026-10-22T11:20:02.627Z

Link: CVE-2026-115355

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:41.520

Modified: 2026-10-22T19:17:41.633

Link: CVE-2026-115355

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-22T19:13:31Z

Links: CVE-2026-115355 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-10-23T07:15:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')