CVE-2016-3691 — kallithea
HIGHCVE-2016-3691 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in kallithea. A fix is available for kallithea — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Kallithea Routes CSRF Bypass
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Routes in Kallithea before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the CSRF protection by using the GET HTTP request method.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | kallithea | all versions | 0.3.2pip install --upgrade 'kallithea==0.3.2' |
Affected Products
kallitheakallithea-scmDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for kallithea, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update kallithea to 0.3.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2016-3691 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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