# CVE-2025-64481: Open redirect endpoint in Datasette

- Also known as: GHSA-W832-GG5G-X44M, PYSEC-2025-73
- Severity: CVSS 2.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.65.2, 1.0a20, 1.0a21
- Published: 2025-11-07 · Updated: 2025-12-26

## Affected

- simonw datasette: fixed in 0.65.2; from 1.0a0, fixed in 1.0a20
- datasette (PyPI): fixed in 0.65.2
- datasette (PyPI): from 1.0a0, fixed in 1.0a21
- datasette (PyPI): version range not reported

## Description

Datasette is an open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data. In versions 0.65.1 and below and 1.0a0 through 1.0a19, deployed instances of Datasette include an open redirect vulnerability. Hits to the path //example.com/foo/bar/ (the trailing slash is required) will redirect the user to https://example.com/foo/bar. This problem has been patched in both Datasette 0.65.2 and 1.0a21. To workaround this issue, if Datasette is running behind a proxy, that proxy could be configured to replace // with / in incoming request URLs.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on simonw datasette, datasette, upgrade to a fixed version (0.65.2, 1.0a20, 1.0a21) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/simonw/datasette/security/advisories/GHSA-w832-gg5g-x44m
- https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2429
- https://github.com/simonw/datasette/commit/f257ca6edb64848c3b04b54d41e347c54fe57c05

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