GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/07/GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h/GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h

Aliases

CVE-2017-16107

Published

2018-07-24T00:20:57Z

Modified

2023-11-08T03:59:05.283972Z

Severity

7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

Directory traversal in pooledwebsocket

Details

Affected versions of pooledwebsocket 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.

Example request:

GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
host:foo

Recommendation

Update to version 0.0.19 or later.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:31:27Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / pooledwebsocket

Package

Name: pooledwebsocket; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/pooledwebsocket

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.0.19

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/07/GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h/GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h.json"