CVE-2026-35167: kedro-org kedro Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-35167 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Path Traversal vulnerability in kedro-org kedro. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 06-04-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Kedro is a toolbox for production-ready data science. Prior to 1.3.0, the _get_versioned_path() method in kedro/io/core.py constructs filesystem paths by directly interpolating user-supplied version strings without sanitization. Because version strings are used as path components, traversal sequences such as ../ are preserved and can escape the intended versioned dataset directory. This is reachable through multiple entry points: catalog.load(..., version=...), DataCatalog.from_config(..., load_versions=...), and the CLI via kedro run --load-versions=dataset:../../../secrets. An attacker who can influence the version string can force Kedro to load files from outside the intended version directory, enabling unauthorized file reads, data poisoning, or cross-tenant data access in shared environments. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.0.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.