Affected versions of augustine resolve relative file paths, resulting in a directory traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor can use this vulnerability to access files outside of the intended directory root, which may result in the disclosure of private files on the vulnerable system.
GET //etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
host:foo
No direct patch is available at this time.
Currently, the best mitigation for this flaw is to use a different, functionally equivalent static file server package.
{
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-22"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T20:59:26Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "MODERATE"
}