CVE 6.3 MEDIUM

Werkzeug safe_join() allows Windows special device names with compound extensions_CVE-2026-21860

6.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Werkzeug is a comprehensive WSGI web application library. Prior to version 3.1.5, Werkzeug's safe_join function allows path segments with Windows device names that have file extensions or trailing spaces. On Windows, there are special device names such as CON, AUX, etc that are implicitly present and readable in every directory. Windows still accepts them with any file extension, such as CON.txt, or trailing spaces such as CON. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.5.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-21860
Source GitHub_M
Published Jan 8, 2026 at 18:34
Modified Jan 8, 2026 at 18:50

Affected Product

Vendor pallets
Product werkzeug
Version < 3.1.5
Affected Versions pallets werkzeug < 3.1.5

CWE Classification

References

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