CVE-2021-40978

Name	CVE-2021-40978
Description	The mkdocs 1.2.2 built-in dev-server allows directory traversal using the port 8000, enabling remote exploitation to obtain :sensitive information. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601.] and https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python-mkdocs (PTS)	bullseye	1.1.2+dfsg-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	1.4.2+dfsg-2	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	1.5.3+dfsg-2	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
python-mkdocs	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601