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CVE-2022-35920

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-35920 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Sanic Python web framework, allowing attackers to access lateral directories when app.static is used with URLs containing encoded %2F characters. The CVSS score of 7.5 indicates a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. While parent directory traversal is not affected, there is no known workaround, and users are advised to upgrade. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 20.12.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sanic_project:sanic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 21.0.0, < 21.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sanic_project:sanic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 22.0.0, < 22.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sanic_project:sanic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sanicFixed in: 22.6.1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sanicFixed in: 21.12.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sanicFixed in: 20.12.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-8cw9-5hmv-77w6high

sanic vulnerable to Path Traversal when using `app.static` if using encoded `%2F` URLs

Aug 6, 2022

References

github.com / sanic-org/sanic/issues/2478
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / sanic-org/sanic/pull/2495
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / sanic-org/sanic/security/advisories/GHSA-8cw9-5hmv-77w6
Third Party Advisory