{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-48818: Starlette: SSRF and NTLM credential theft via UNC paths in StaticFiles on Windows","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-48818","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-17T17:50:12.399Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-17T19:31:45.487Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-17T17:50:12.399Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. In versions 1.0.1 and earlier, StaticFiles on Windows is vulnerable to SSRF. An UNC path such as \\\\attacker.com\\share can cause os.path.realpath to initiate an outbound SMB connection before the path is rejected, exposing the service account’s NTLMv2 credentials for offline cracking or relay even though the HTTP response is only a 404. The issue affects default follow_symlink=False deployments, including frameworks built on Starlette such as FastAPI; POSIX systems and follow_symlink=True are unaffected. The issue is fixed in 1.1.0.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-48818 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-48818"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48818"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-wqp7-x3pw-xc5r","url":"https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-wqp7-x3pw-xc5r"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/pull/3287","url":"https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/pull/3287"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/fd53168a7767b6b55ba5af787fd88f49e33cabc5","url":"https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/fd53168a7767b6b55ba5af787fd88f49e33cabc5"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/releases/tag/1.1.0","url":"https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/releases/tag/1.1.0"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"Kludex","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"starlette","branches":[{"category":"product_version","name":"< 1.1.0","product":{"name":"Kludex starlette < 1.1.0","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:kludex:starlette:\\<_1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-48818","title":"Starlette: SSRF and NTLM credential theft via UNC paths in StaticFiles on Windows","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. In versions 1.0.1 and earlier, StaticFiles on Windows is vulnerable to SSRF. An UNC path such as \\\\attacker.com\\share can cause os.path.realpath to initiate an outbound SMB connection before the path is rejected, exposing the service account’s NTLMv2 credentials for offline cracking or relay even though the HTTP response is only a 404. The issue affects default follow_symlink=False deployments, including frameworks built on Starlette such as FastAPI; POSIX systems and follow_symlink=True are unaffected. The issue is fixed in 1.1.0.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["CSAFPID-1"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"none_available","details":"No fixed version is published yet. Monitor the upstream advisory.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1"]}]}]}