CVE-2026-53951CWE-22CWE-94

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

High · published July 8, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
17.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.8 · HIGH
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
EPSS
0.00262 · 17.1th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'); CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-07-08T15:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 JUL 15:26Z
    Copier: trust-prefix bypass via path traversal runs tasks unprompted
    cvelistv5