Path Traversal in Copier-org Copier

CVE-2025-55201

Copier library and CLI app for rendering project templates. Prior to 9.9.1, a safe template can currently read and write arbitrary files because Copier exposes a few pathlib.Path objects in the Jinja context which have unconstrained I/O me…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (18.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-55201?
CVE-2025-55201 is a vulnerability in Copier-org Copier, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2025-08-18.
Is CVE-2025-55201 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.