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GHSA-wxhm-2mq7-7697: Prompty: Arbitrary file read via file reference expansion

highCVSS 7.5CVE-2026-53598
Summary Prompty loaders expanded ${file:...} references in .prompty frontmatter without enforcing that the resolved path stayed within an authorized directory. An attacker-controlled prompt file could use path traversal or an absolute path to cause the host application to read files accessible to the process. Affected packages - PyPI prompty versions <= 2.0.0b1; fixed in 2.0.0b2 - npm @prompty/core versions <= 2.0.0-beta.1; fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2 - crates.io prompty versions <= 2.0.0-beta.1; fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2 - NuGet Prompty.Core versions <= 2.0.0-beta.1; fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2 Impact Applications that load untrusted .prompty files, user-provided prompt paths, or prompt bundles from less-trusted locations could disclose local files available to the application process when expanded values are logged, returned, or otherwise exposed. Remediation Upgrade to the fixed runtime version for your ecosystem. The fix makes file references secure by default: ${file:...} may only resolve within the directory tree containing the .prompty file. Host applications that need shared prompt assets outside that tree must explicitly provide allowed file roots through runtime load options. Absolute paths, .. traversal, and symlink escapes outside allowed roots are rejected. Fix details The patched runtimes canonicalize file-reference targets and allowed roots before reading referenced files, reject targets outside the prompt directory by default, and add regression coverage for traversal, absolute paths, explicit allowlists, and symlink escapes. The release commit is 88ac9948d7d37995edbb2f6d36913436626c39e1.

Details

Source
GitHub Security Advisories (INTL · database · site)
Severity
high — CVSS 7.5
Published
2026-07-17
Last updated
2026-07-17
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxhm-2mq7-7697

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