CVE-2026-48818

Summary

Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. In versions 1.0.1 and earlier, StaticFiles on Windows is vulnerable to SSRF. An UNC path such as \\attacker.com\share can cause os.path.realpath to initiate an outbound SMB connection before the path is rejected, exposing the service account’s NTLMv2 credentials for offline cracking or relay even though the HTTP response is only a 404. The issue affects default follow_symlink=False deployments, including frameworks built on Starlette such as FastAPI; POSIX systems and follow_symlink=True are unaffected. The issue is fixed in 1.1.0.

Impact & exploitability

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/fd53168a7767b6b55ba5af787fd88f49e33cabc5 ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/fd53168a7767b6b55ba5af787fd88f49e33cabc5Patch
• https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/pull/3287Patch
• https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-wqp7-x3pw-xc5rAdvisory
• https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/releases/tag/1.1.0
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/starlette/PYSEC-2026-2281.yaml
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30087
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30088
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30089