GHSA-h2vm-c85r-5vh5 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in uwsgi. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for uwsgi — see the affected versions and patch details below.
uWSGI Directory Traversal vulnerability
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-h2vm-c85r-5vh5 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE sits: patch-first territory.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 376,715 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 50–90% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
uwsgiReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
uWSGI before 2.0.17 mishandles a DOCUMENT_ROOT check during use of the --php-docroot option, allowing directory traversal.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | uwsgi | all versions | 2.0.17pip install --upgrade 'uwsgi==2.0.17' |
Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
uWSGI < 2.0.17 - Directory Traversal
by Marios Nicolaides · Mar 2, 2018
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for uwsgi, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update uwsgi to 2.0.17 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-h2vm-c85r-5vh5 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.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-h2vm-c85r-5vh5 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-h2vm-c85r-5vh5. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
How to detect GHSA-h2vm-c85r-5vh5
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id ghsa-h2vm-c85r-5vh5 -u https://target- Template
- uWSGI PHP Plugin Local File Inclusion
- Severity
- high
- Impact
- An attacker can read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access or information disclosure.
- Remediation
- Update to the latest version of uWSGI PHP Plugin or apply the necessary patches to fix the local file inclusion vulnerability.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (madrobot), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-h2vm-c85r-5vh5 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-h2vm-c85r-5vh5 across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.