# CVE-2026-108258: Shiny for Python - Path traversal in bookmark restore

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-4300, GHSA-47C3-HPMG-7J6P
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.4
- Published: 2026-10-09 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- posit-dev py-shiny: from 1.4.0, fixed in 1.6.4
- shiny (PyPI): from 1.4.0, fixed in 1.6.4

## Description

Shiny for Python is a framework for building interactive web applications in Python. From 1.4.0 until 1.6.4, bookmark restore accepts a client-supplied state_id and joins it into the server-side shiny_bookmarks directory without validating that it is a single safe path segment. An unauthenticated request can use parent-directory segments or an absolute path to make the server open input.json and values.json outside the bookmark store, even when bookmark_store is set to disable. In applications configured with bookmark_store set to server and using ui.input_file(), the restore handler can additionally copy and expose an attacker-selected file from an attacker-selected directory. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on posit-dev py-shiny, shiny, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/posit-dev/py-shiny/security/advisories/GHSA-47c3-hpmg-7j6p
- https://github.com/posit-dev/py-shiny/commit/1d8ecb46cbc9621b7dc8812111d26692e086b376
- https://github.com/posit-dev/py-shiny/releases/tag/v1.6.4

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