CVE catalog

CVE-2008-0252

cherrypy3: CVE-2008-0252

Severity: Medium
Published: Jan 12, 2008, 2:46:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 2.67% · Oct 25, 2026

Directory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.1, and (3) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.x allows remote attackers to create or delete arbitrary files, and possibly read and write portions of arbitrary files, via a crafted session id in a cookie.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	cherrypy3	sid	`18.10.0-3`	fixed
Debian	cherrypy3	forky	`18.10.0-3`	fixed
Debian	cherrypy3	trixie	`18.10.0-1`	fixed
Debian	cherrypy3	bookworm	`18.8.0-2`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	cherrypy3	source	sid	`3.0.2-2`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	cherrypy3	source	forky	`3.0.2-2`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	cherrypy3	source	trixie	`3.0.2-2`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	cherrypy3	source	bookworm	`3.0.2-2`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[python3-cherrypy3]Fixed
Source package: [cherrypy3]
Details (2)
- 18.8.0-2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.0.2-2
  dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · 12
- 18.8.0-2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.0.2-2
  dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · 12
[python-cherrypy3-doc]Fixed
Source package: [cherrypy3]
Details (2)
- 18.8.0-2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.0.2-2
  dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · 12
- 18.8.0-2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.0.2-2
  dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[python3-cherrypy3]Fixed
Source package: [cherrypy3]
Details (2)
- 18.10.0-1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.0.2-2
  dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · 13
- 18.10.0-1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.0.2-2
  dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · 13
[python-cherrypy3-doc]Fixed
Source package: [cherrypy3]
Details (2)
- 18.10.0-1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.0.2-2
  dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · 13
- 18.10.0-1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.0.2-2
  dsa · cherrypy3 · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:02 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]