CVE-2026-23968CWE-61

Copier safe template has arbitrary filesystem read access via symlinks when _preserve_symlinks: false

Medium · published January 21, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Copier is a library and CLI app for rendering project templates. Prior to version 9.11.2, Copier suggests that it's safe to generate a project from a safe template, i.e. one that doesn't use unsafe features like custom Jinja extensions which would require passing the `--UNSAFE,--trust` flag. As it turns out, a safe template can currently include arbitrary files/directories outside the local template clone location by using symlinks along with `_preserve_symlinks: false` (which is Copier's default setting). Version 9.11.2 patches the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00241 · 14.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-61 · UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Published
2026-01-21T22:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JAN 22:13Z
    Copier safe template has arbitrary filesystem read access via symlinks when _preserve_symlinks: false
    cvelistv5