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PYSEC-2021-421

Quick fix

PYSEC-2021-421 — babel: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'babel>=2.9.1'

Details

Babel.Locale in Babel before 2.9.1 allows attackers to load arbitrary locale .dat files (containing serialized Python objects) via directory traversal, leading to code execution.

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Affected packages

PyPI/babel

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2.9.1

Fixpip install --upgrade 'babel>=2.9.1'

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-14[WEB]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2021/10/msg00040.html[WEB]
https://github.com/python-babel/babel/pull/782[WEB]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00018.html[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4m5-qpfp-3mpv[ADVISORY]