PyMdown Extensions is a set of extensions for the Python-Markdown markdown project. In versions up to and including 10.21.3, the b64 extension is vulnerable to a path traversal that discloses arbitrary files: it inlines images referenced by <img src="..."> by joining the src onto the configured base_path with os.path.normpath and opening the result directly, without verifying that the resolved path stays inside base_path. As a result, an src containing ../ sequences or an absolute path reads a file outside base_path as long as it has an allowed image extension (.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .svg), and the file's contents are then base64-encoded into the rendered output, disclosing them. An application that renders untrusted Markdown with pymdownx.b64 enabled can therefore leak the contents of image-extension files readable by the process to whoever controls the Markdown or views the output, a targeted file-read bounded by the extension check. This issue has been fixed in version 11.0.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9xwg-3r6f-jcx2 PyMdown Extensions: Path traversal in the b64 extension lets <img src> read files outside base_path
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description PyMdown Extensions is a set of extensions for the Python-Markdown markdown project. In versions up to and including 10.21.3, the b64 extension is vulnerable to a path traversal that discloses arbitrary files: it inlines images referenced by <img src="..."> by joining the src onto the configured base_path with os.path.normpath and opening the result directly, without verifying that the resolved path stays inside base_path. As a result, an src containing ../ sequences or an absolute path reads a file outside base_path as long as it has an allowed image extension (.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .svg), and the file's contents are then base64-encoded into the rendered output, disclosing them. An application that renders untrusted Markdown with pymdownx.b64 enabled can therefore leak the contents of image-extension files readable by the process to whoever controls the Markdown or views the output, a targeted file-read bounded by the extension check. This issue has been fixed in version 11.0.
Title PyMdown Extensions: Path traversal in the b64 extension lets <img src> read files outside base_path
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-07T17:09:02.752Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T17:38:57.111Z

Link: CVE-2026-61632

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T14:59:46.597Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-06T22:18:11.410

Modified: 2026-08-07T18:17:19.667

Link: CVE-2026-61632

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-06T20:59:20Z

Links: CVE-2026-61632 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T00:45:04Z

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