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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWN4d2MtOHBxcC0yd2h3

Directory Traversal in qinserve

Affected versions of qinserve 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-cxwc-8pqp-2whw
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWN4d2MtOHBxcC0yd2h3
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: about 4 years ago
Updated: about 1 year ago


Identifiers: GHSA-cxwc-8pqp-2whw, CVE-2017-16197
References: Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages

npm:qinserve
Dependent packages: 1
Dependent repositories: 1
Downloads: 2 last month
Affected Version Ranges: >= 0.0.0
No known fixed version
All affected versions: 1.0.0