---
id: CVE-2026-45725
title: compliance-trestle is a tooling platform for managing compliance as code
summary: >-
  compliance-trestle is a tooling platform for managing compliance as code.
  Prior to versiions 3.12.2 and 4.0.3, the compliance-trestle library's remote
  fetching cache mechanism (HTTPSFetcher and SFTPFetcher) constructs the local
  cache fil…
severity: high
cwe:
  - CWE-73
vendor: compliance-trestle
product: compliance-trestle
affected:
  - 'compliance-trestle >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.3'
  - compliance-trestle < 3.12.2
patched:
  - compliance-trestle 4.0.3
  - compliance-trestle 3.12.2
published: '2026-08-13'
updated: '2026-09-18'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-18T20:09:01.757'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45725'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/oscal-compass/compliance-trestle/commit/89f4e53d159e8ff901da4d7c3b51c9556bd32ec0
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/oscal-compass/compliance-trestle/commit/9abc492329fcc8d0557182317de9bde854385da3
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/oscal-compass/compliance-trestle/security/advisories/GHSA-g3vg-vx23-3858
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/compliance-trestle/PYSEC-2026-2424.yaml
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/oscal-compass/compliance-trestle'
tags:
  - nvd
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00466
epssPercentile: 0.37697
aliases:
  - GHSA-g3vg-vx23-3858
  - PYSEC-2026-2424
ecosystem: pip
ingestedAt: '2026-07-13T18:57:58.031Z'
---

## Overview

compliance-trestle is a tooling platform for managing compliance as code. Prior to versiions 3.12.2 and 4.0.3, the compliance-trestle library's remote fetching cache mechanism (HTTPSFetcher and SFTPFetcher) constructs the local cache file path from the URL path component without sanitizing path traversal sequences (`../`). When a remote OSCAL profile references a URL with traversal in its path, the HTTP response body is written to a location outside the intended cache directory, enabling arbitrary file write with attacker-controlled content to the filesystem. Versions 3.12.3 and 4.0.3 patch the issue.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-45725)

Affected packages:

- `compliance-trestle >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.3`
- `compliance-trestle < 3.12.2`

Patched in:

- `compliance-trestle 4.0.3`
- `compliance-trestle 3.12.2`

Source: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g3vg-vx23-3858