CVE-2026-23968 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-23968: Copier safe template has arbitrary filesystem read access via symlinks when _preserve_symlinks: false

Vendor Copier-Org
Product copier
Weakness CWE-61
Published January 21, 2026
Last update January 22, 2026

CVSS base score

6.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Copier is a library and CLI app for rendering project templates. Prior to version 9.11.2, Copier suggests that it's safe to generate a project from a safe template, i.e. one that doesn't use unsafe features like custom Jinja extensions which would require passing the `--UNSAFE,--trust` flag. As it turns out, a safe template can currently include arbitrary files/directories outside the local template clone location by using symlinks along with `_preserve_symlinks: false` (which is Copier's default setting). Version 9.11.2 patches the issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 21, 2026 CVE published
January 22, 2026 Record updated