GHSA-hpw4-m59j-9p52

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hpw4-m59j-9p52
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-hpw4-m59j-9p52/GHSA-hpw4-m59j-9p52.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-hpw4-m59j-9p52
Aliases
  • CVE-2017-16163
Published
2020-09-01T17:29:13Z
Modified
2023-11-08T03:59:08.636849Z
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 dylmomo
Details

Affected versions of dylmomo 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,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-08-31T18:21:43Z"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / dylmomo

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0.0.0