Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202105-15 ========================================== Severity: Medium Date : 2021-05-19 CVE-ID : CVE-2021-20095 Package : python-babel Type : arbitrary code execution Remote : No Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1894 Summary ======= The package python-babel before version 2.9.1-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. Resolution ========== Upgrade to 2.9.1-1. # pacman -Syu "python-babel>=2.9.1-1" The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.9.1. Workaround ========== None. Description =========== Relative Path Traversal in Babel 2.9.0 allows an attacker to load arbitrary locale files on disk and execute arbitrary code. Impact ====== A local attacker could load arbitrary locale files through path traversal using a crafted locale identifier and execute arbitrary code. References ========== https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-14 https://github.com/python-babel/babel/pull/782 https://github.com/python-babel/babel/commit/412015ef642bfcc0d8ba8f4d05cdbb6... https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-20095