Directory traversal vulnerability in the true_path function in private.py for Mailman 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".../....///" sequences, which are not properly cleansed by regular expressions that are intended to remove "../" and "./" sequences.

Related CVEs

CVE-2005-0202

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-87jx-4wq7-9wr5

Published

May 1, 2022 1:47 AM

Last Modified

May 1, 2022 1:47 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: September 28, 2025 6:29 AM

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