CVE-2021-34363 The Fuck Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal

What is CVE-2021-34363?

CVE-2021-34363 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 10 Jun 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The thefuck (aka The Fuck) package before 3.31 for Python allows Path Traversal that leads to arbitrary file deletion via the "undo archive operation" feature.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-34363?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including thefuck. It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, The Fuck Project the Fuck.

How do I fix CVE-2021-34363?

Upgrade thefuck to 3.31 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2021-34363 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-34363 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-34363, GHSA-8wwf-2644-f8x4, PYSEC-2021-97, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-34363.