Summary
potato-annotation has a Project-Boundary Bypass
Impact
- Can allow unauthorized sibling-prefix file access outside intended project boundary.
- Can affect read paths (
data_files,training.data_file,base_css,header_logo) and output/path placement depending on configuration.
Input manipulates file paths to reach files outside the intended directory, such as configuration or credential files. Typical impact: unauthorized file read or write outside the intended directory.
GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF has a CVSS score of 5.1 (Medium). The vector is requires local access, no privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. A fixed version is available (2.4.5); upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter. Kodem's runtime-powered SCA identifies whether this CVE is reachable in your applications.
Remediation advice
Kodem Kai can prioritize this vulnerability in your dependency tree and generate a fix recommendation.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF? GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in potato-annotation (pip), affecting versions >= 2.0.0, < 2.4.5. It is fixed in 2.4.5. Input manipulates file paths to reach files outside the intended directory, such as configuration or credential files.
- How severe is GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF? GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF has a CVSS score of 5.1 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Which versions of potato-annotation are affected by GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF? potato-annotation (pip) versions >= 2.0.0, < 2.4.5 is affected.
- Is there a fix for GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF? Yes. GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF is fixed in 2.4.5. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix GHSA-Q9M2-FHV9-3JCF? Upgrade
potato-annotationto 2.4.5 or later.