S3Scanner allows Directory Traversal

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2021-32061 · GHSA-qppg-v75c-r5ff · PYSEC-2021-433 · Published 29/11/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-32061 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting s3scanner, s3scanner (s3scanner project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.0.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
s3scanner PyPI	`< 2.0.2`	`2.0.2`
s3scanner s3scanner_project	`< 2.0.2`	`2.0.2`

S3Scanner before 2.0.2 allows Directory Traversal via a crafted bucket, as demonstrated by a <Key>../ substring in a ListBucketResult element.

NVD description

S3Scanner before 2.0.2 allows Directory Traversal via a crafted bucket, as demonstrated by a <Key>../ substring in a ListBucketResult element.

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