UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23797

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23797
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23797.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23797
Upstream
  • CVE-2021-23797
Published
2021-12-17T20:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:04:49.140982525Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

All versions of package http-server-node are vulnerable to Directory Traversal via use of --path-as-is.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / node-http-server

Package

Name
node-http-server
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-http-server?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

14.*
14.1.1+~cs3.14.34-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-http-server",
            "binary_version": "14.1.1+~cs3.14.34-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23797.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / node-http-server

Package

Name
node-http-server
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-http-server?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

14.*
14.1.1+~cs3.14.34-4
14.1.1+~cs3.16.36-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-http-server",
            "binary_version": "14.1.1+~cs3.16.36-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23797.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / node-http-server

Package

Name
node-http-server
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-http-server?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

14.*
14.1.1+~cs3.16.36-1
14.1.1+~cs3.16.39-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-http-server",
            "binary_version": "14.1.1+~cs3.16.39-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23797.json"