CVE-2026-53951 PUBLISHED

Copier: trust-prefix bypass via path traversal runs tasks unprompted

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 11.06.2026 Published: 08.07.2026 Updated: 08.07.2026

Copier is a library and CLI app for rendering project templates. In versions 9.5.0 through 9.15.1, the trust setting's prefix match (copier/_settings.py) compares the template URL against a trusted prefix with a raw str.startswith and no path normalization, while the URL is normalized when the template is actually fetched (Path.resolve() for local paths; libcurl dot-segment removal for https). A template reference that textually starts with a trusted prefix but contains .. is therefore granted trust yet resolves to a different, attacker-controlled template, whose tasks / migrations / jinja_extensions then run without the --trust prompt — arbitrary command execution. Version 9.15.2 patches the issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor copier-org
Product copier
Versions
  • Version >= 9.5.0, < 9.15.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE
  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE