6.9
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-45774
compliance-trestle Profile Import has an Arbitrary File Read via trestle:// URI and Relative Path Traversal
Description

compliance-trestle is a tooling platform for managing compliance as code. Prior to versiions 3.12.2 and 4.0.3, the compliance-trestle library's profile import mechanism resolves `trestle://` URIs and relative file paths by joining them with `trestle_root` and calling `.resolve()`, but performs no boundary check to ensure the resolved path stays within the trestle workspace. An attacker can craft a malicious OSCAL profile YAML with `imports[].href` containing path traversal sequences to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. Versions 3.12.3 and 4.0.3 patch the issue.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 13, 2026, 8:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 13, 2026, 8:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update compliance-trestle to version 3.12.3 or 4.0.3 to fix path traversal vulnerability.
  • Update compliance-trestle to version 3.12.3.
  • Update compliance-trestle to version 4.0.3.
  • Ensure profile import paths are validated.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-45774 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'oscal-compass', 'product': 'compliance-trestle', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '< 3.12.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.3'}]}]
    Added Description compliance-trestle is a tooling platform for managing compliance as code. Prior to versiions 3.12.2 and 4.0.3, the compliance-trestle library's profile import mechanism resolves `trestle://` URIs and relative file paths by joining them with `trestle_root` and calling `.resolve()`, but performs no boundary check to ensure the resolved path stays within the trestle workspace. An attacker can craft a malicious OSCAL profile YAML with `imports[].href` containing path traversal sequences to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. Versions 3.12.3 and 4.0.3 patch the issue.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added Reference https://github.com/oscal-compass/compliance-trestle/commit/5c65c5926fe7ca908b9c1d281f904e7d97ba8310
    Added Reference https://github.com/oscal-compass/compliance-trestle/commit/d00a0c2f702c24f7016009fbd626036f5c46f47b
    Added Reference https://github.com/oscal-compass/compliance-trestle/security/advisories/GHSA-mj4x-vf5c-5xg8
    Added Reference https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/compliance-trestle/PYSEC-2026-2426.yaml
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