Advisories for Pypi/AccessControl package

2023

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

AccessControl provides a general security framework for use in Zope. Python's "format" functionality allows someone controlling the format string to "read" objects accessible (recursively) via attribute access and subscription from accessible objects. Those attribute accesses and subscriptions use Python's full blown getattr and getitem, not the policy restricted AccessControl variants getattr and getitem. This can lead to critical information disclosure. AccessControl already provides a safe variant for str.format and denies …

2021