Impact
Black writes a cache file, the name of which is computed from various formatting options. The value of the --python-cell-magics option was placed in the filename without sanitization, which allowed an attacker who controls the value of this argument to write cache files to arbitrary file system locations.
Patches
Fixed in Black 26.3.1.
Workarounds
Do not allow untrusted user input into the value of the --python-cell-magics option.
Impact
Black writes a cache file, the name of which is computed from various formatting options. The value of the
--python-cell-magicsoption was placed in the filename without sanitization, which allowed an attacker who controls the value of this argument to write cache files to arbitrary file system locations.Patches
Fixed in Black 26.3.1.
Workarounds
Do not allow untrusted user input into the value of the
--python-cell-magicsoption.