GHSA-wmcq-3wfx-qjx5

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wmcq-3wfx-qjx5

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-wmcq-3wfx-qjx5/GHSA-wmcq-3wfx-qjx5.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-wmcq-3wfx-qjx5

Published

2020-09-01T17:33:30Z

Modified

2020-08-31T18:22:02Z

Summary

Directory Traversal in nodeload-nmickuli

Details

Affected versions of nodeload-nmickuli 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

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2020-08-31T18:22:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / nodeload-nmickuli

Package

Name: nodeload-nmickuli; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/nodeload-nmickuli

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.0.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-wmcq-3wfx-qjx5/GHSA-wmcq-3wfx-qjx5.json"