Versions of st prior to 0.2.5 are affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. Vulnerable versions fail to properly handle URL encoded dots, which caused %2e to be interpreted as . by the filesystem, resulting the potential for an attacker to read sensitive files on the server.
Update to version 0.2.5 or later.
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-22"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": null,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-08-31T18:08:44Z"
}