GHSA-x6p3-76f2-xxvh is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in shamefile. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-x6p3-76f2-xxvh is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Shamefile has an arbitrary file read via shamefile.yaml in shame next
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-x6p3-76f2-xxvh.
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-x6p3-76f2-xxvh plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 364,277 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
shamefilecrates.ioDescription
Impact
A path traversal vulnerability in shame next allows an attacker-controlled shamefile.yaml to disclose contents of files outside the repository, one line at a time, to the terminal of a user who runs the command. See patch commit for technical details.
Patches
Fixed in 0.1.7. Upgrade to either 0.1.7 or later versions to incorporate the patch.
Workarounds
Do not run shame next against untrusted shamefile.yaml. Use shame me --dry-run for CI validation.
Resources
- Patch commit: https://github.com/BKDDFS/shamefile/commit/77b0aeea318503582818c708518c601fedc43557
- Pull request: https://github.com/BKDDFS/shamefile/pull/80
- Release: https://github.com/BKDDFS/shamefile/releases/tag/v0.1.7
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🦀crates.io | shamefile | all versions | 0.1.7 |
| 📦npm | shamefile | all versions | 0.1.7 |
| 🐍PyPI | shamefile | all versions | 0.1.7 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for shamefile. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update shamefile to 0.1.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-x6p3-76f2-xxvh 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 pinpoints whether GHSA-x6p3-76f2-xxvh is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-x6p3-76f2-xxvh. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-x6p3-76f2-xxvh in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-x6p3-76f2-xxvh across crates.io, npm, PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.