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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWdmN2gtdmc1di1jY2g2

Directory Traversal in ritp

Affected versions of ritp 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-gf7h-vg5v-cch6
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 5 years ago
Updated: 8 months 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

Identifiers: GHSA-gf7h-vg5v-cch6, CVE-2017-16198
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16198
• https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/ritp
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gf7h-vg5v-cch6
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/432

Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages