CVE-2026-23968

MEDIUM

Copier <9.11.2 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm

Description

Copier is a library and CLI app for rendering project templates. Prior to version 9.11.2, Copier suggests that it's safe to generate a project from a safe template, i.e. one that doesn't use unsafe features like custom Jinja extensions which would require passing the `--UNSAFE,--trust` flag. As it turns out, a safe template can currently include arbitrary files/directories outside the local template clone location by using symlinks along with `_preserve_symlinks: false` (which is Copier's default setting). Version 9.11.2 patches the issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 13.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-61
Status published

Affected Products (2)

copier-org/copier < 9.11.2
pypi/copier < 9.11.2PyPI

Timeline

Published Jan 21, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026