GHSA-xj3h-vc9j-j823

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xj3h-vc9j-j823

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/07/GHSA-xj3h-vc9j-j823/GHSA-xj3h-vc9j-j823.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-xj3h-vc9j-j823

Aliases

CVE-2017-16223

Published

2018-07-23T20:39:32Z

Modified

2023-11-08T03:59:12.384386Z

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 nodeaaaaa

Details

Affected versions of nodeaaaaa 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

{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T22:03:32Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true
}

References

Affected packages

npm / nodeaaaaa

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Last affected

1.3.0