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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXhxOTgtNXJjZi01d3Fo

Directory Traversal in badjs-sourcemap-server

Affected versions of badjs-sourcemap-server 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-xq98-5rcf-5wqh
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 6 years ago
Updated: about 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

Identifiers: GHSA-xq98-5rcf-5wqh, CVE-2017-16036
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16036
• https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/tree/master/directory-traversal/badjs-sourcemap-server
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xq98-5rcf-5wqh
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/349

Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages