Is xrootd affected by GHSA-vj8v-p5vw-m6v5?

PyPI xrootd is affected in <5.9.2.

Is GHSA-vj8v-p5vw-m6v5 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is not available.

medium

GHSA-vj8v-p5vw-m6v5

Q: Is GHSA-vj8v-p5vw-m6v5 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is not available.

PyPI · xrootd

Summary

xrootd has path traversal in directory listing that allows access to the parent directory via trailing ".." pattern

Severity: medium
Published: 2026-04-10

References

https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/security/advisories/GHSA-vj8v-p5vw-m6v5
https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/commit/45efac7267a115ca4f2102214498e8cb011eb69b
https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.