high7.1
CVE-2026-45725
compliance-trestle Remote Fetching Mechanism has an Arbitrary File Write via Cache Path Traversal
Impact
compliance-trestle is a tooling platform for managing compliance as code. Prior to versiions 3.12.2 and 4.0.3, the compliance-trestle library's remote fetching cache mechanism (HTTPSFetcher and SFTPFetcher) constructs the local cache file path from the URL path component without sanitizing path traversal sequences (`../`). When a remote OSCAL profile references a URL with traversal in its path, the HTTP response body is written to a location outside the intended cache directory, enabling arbitrary file write with attacker-controlled content to the filesystem. Versions 3.12.3 and 4.0.3 patch the issue.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | compliance-trestle | >= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g3vg-vx23-3858
- https://github.com/oscal-compass/compliance-trestle/security/advisories/GHSA-g3vg-vx23-3858
- https://github.com/oscal-compass/compliance-trestle/commit/89f4e53d159e8ff901da4d7c3b51c9556bd32ec0
- https://github.com/oscal-compass/compliance-trestle/commit/9abc492329fcc8d0557182317de9bde854385da3
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/compliance-trestle/PYSEC-2026-2424.yaml