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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXhxZm0tZmY2Zy0yNGM3
Directory Traversal in dgard8.lab6
Affected versions of dgard8.lab6
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-xqfm-ff6g-24c7JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXhxZm0tZmY2Zy0yNGM3
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: almost 6 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-xqfm-ff6g-24c7, CVE-2017-16218
References:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16218
- https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/dgard8.lab6
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqfm-ff6g-24c7
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/444
Affected Packages
npm:dgard8.lab6
Dependent packages: 2Dependent repositories: 1
Downloads: 3 last month
Affected Version Ranges: <= 0.0.1
No known fixed version
All affected versions: 0.0.1