File CVE-2025-66034.patch of Package python-FontTools.42331
From a696d5ba93270d5954f98e7cab5ddca8a02c1e32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cosimo Lupo <clupo@google.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:07:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] varLib: only use the basename(vf.filename)
Fontmake already does that since the beginning:
https://github.com/googlefonts/fontmake/blob/35e9e5dbdf2130a04c54688bb1bdbcfdb4b5fc67/Lib/fontmake/font_project.py#L438
it's safer to disallow path traversal as it may lead to abritrary file write vulnerability, see https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/security/advisories/GHSA-768j-98cg-p3fv
---
Doc/source/designspaceLib/xml.rst | 5 +++++
Lib/fontTools/designspaceLib/__init__.py | 5 +++++
Lib/fontTools/varLib/__init__.py | 6 +++++-
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Doc/source/designspaceLib/xml.rst b/Doc/source/designspaceLib/xml.rst
index f5645b8ca4..6896f49e25 100644
--- a/Doc/source/designspaceLib/xml.rst
+++ b/Doc/source/designspaceLib/xml.rst
@@ -752,6 +752,11 @@ The ``<variable-fonts>`` element contains one or more ``<variable-font>`` elemen
`.ttf`) and the build tools can replace that extension with another (e.g.
`.otf` or `.woff2`) as needed.
+ .. note::
+ This is intended to be a simple filename (basename or stem) only, not
+ an absolute or relative path. Build tools will only use the basename
+ component and ignore any directory separators for security reasons.
+
.. rubric:: Example
.. code:: xml
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/designspaceLib/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/designspaceLib/__init__.py
index 661f3405da..0996e7b69e 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/designspaceLib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/designspaceLib/__init__.py
@@ -1323,6 +1323,11 @@ def __init__(self, *, name, filename=None, axisSubsets=None, lib=None):
in the document**. The file may or may not exist.
If not specified, the :attr:`name` will be used as a basename for the file.
+
+ .. note::
+ This is intended to be a simple filename (basename or stem) only.
+ Build tools will only use the basename component and ignore any
+ directory separators for security reasons.
"""
self.axisSubsets: List[
Union[RangeAxisSubsetDescriptor, ValueAxisSubsetDescriptor]
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/varLib/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/varLib/__init__.py
index fd0875567c..c19bd15158 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/varLib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/varLib/__init__.py
@@ -1562,7 +1562,11 @@ def main(args=None):
vf_name_to_output_path[vfs_to_build[0].name] = options.outfile
else:
for vf in vfs_to_build:
- filename = vf.filename if vf.filename is not None else vf.name + ".{ext}"
+ if vf.filename is not None:
+ # Only use basename to prevent path traversal attacks
+ filename = os.path.basename(vf.filename)
+ else:
+ filename = vf.name + ".{ext}"
vf_name_to_output_path[vf.name] = os.path.join(output_dir, filename)
finder = MasterFinder(options.master_finder)