Path Traversal in nemo-toolkitGHSA-9hg3-hmmf-c3gr
MEDIUMGHSA-9hg3-hmmf-c3gr is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.4) Path Traversal vulnerability in nemo-toolkit. A fix is available for nemo-toolkit — see the affected versions and patch details below.
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Description
NVIDIA NeMo before 1.6.0 contains a vulnerability in ASR WebApp, in which ../ Path Traversal may lead to deletion of any directory when admin privileges are available.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | nemo-toolkit | all versions | 1.6.0pip install --upgrade 'nemo-toolkit==1.6.0' |
Affected Products
nemonvidiaDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for nemo-toolkit, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update nemo-toolkit to 1.6.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-9hg3-hmmf-c3gr is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-9hg3-hmmf-c3gr in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.