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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTc4aDctZmdxOS02MjV4

Directory Traversal in quickserver

Affected versions of quickserver 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.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-78h7-fgq9-625x
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTc4aDctZmdxOS02MjV4
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 6 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago

CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Percentage: 0.00651
EPSS Percentile: 0.79293

Identifiers: GHSA-78h7-fgq9-625x, CVE-2017-16196
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16196
• https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/quickserver
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-78h7-fgq9-625x
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/433

Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages