GHSA-4vfj-c2xf-8r48

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4vfj-c2xf-8r48

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/07/GHSA-4vfj-c2xf-8r48/GHSA-4vfj-c2xf-8r48.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-4vfj-c2xf-8r48

Aliases

CVE-2017-16169

Published

2018-07-23T20:45:20Z

Modified

2023-11-08T03:59:09.004540Z

Summary

Directory Traversal in looppake

Details

Affected versions of looppake 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

No patch is available for this vulnerability.

It is recommended that the package is only used for local development, and if the functionality is needed for production, a different package is used instead.

Database specific

{
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T20:59:15Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

npm / looppake

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Last affected

3.0.0