datasette 0.65.5

Simon Willison's Weblog · 7d ago
Products & Tools API & Dev Tools

How-To How to actually use this

What changed: Datasette fixed a security issue where a trailing newline in a table name could bypass permissions and expose private rows.

How to use it:

  1. Upgrade your Datasette installation to version 0.65.5 immediately.
  2. Review your table permissions to ensure no unauthorized access occurred before the update.
  3. Test that your private tables are no longer accessible via malformed requests.

Good for: anyone running Datasette with private data.

Release: datasette 0.65.5 Security fix for an issue where a trailing newline in a requested table name could bypass table permissions and expose private rows, reported by dpfkdlemtp in GHSA-h547-rmjf-5m2m . Tags: security , datasette

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