Path Traversal in scout-browser

HIGH 7.5CVE-2022-1554 · GHSA-694v-63fq-fmr4 · PYSEC-2026-749 · Published 03/05/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-1554 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting scout-browser, scout (clinical-genomics).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 71.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 4.52 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
scout-browser PyPI	`< 4.52`	`4.52`
scout clinical-genomics	`< 4.52`	`4.52`

Description

Scout is a Variant Call Format (VCF) visualization interface. The Pypi package scout-browser is vulnerable to path traversal due to send_file call in versions prior to 4.52.

NVD description

Path Traversal due to `send_file` call in GitHub repository clinical-genomics/scout prior to 4.52.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1554 · ADVISORY
Clinical-Genomics/scout · WEB
Clinical-Genomics/scout · WEB
Clinical-Genomics/scout#3303 · WEB
clinical-genomics/scout commit 952a2e2 · WEB
clinical-genomics/scout · PACKAGE
huntr.dev/bounties/7acac778-5ba4-4f02-99e2-e4e17a81e600 · WEB
pypi.org/project/scout-browser · PACKAGE
GitHub Advisory GHSA-694v-63fq-fmr4 · ADVISORY

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