GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-4vfj-c2xf-8r48 Directory Traversal in looppake

HIGH Published 2018-07-23 Modified 2023-09-05 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-16169
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
looppake
Severity
High
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• npm looppake: <= 3.0.0 (no fix yet)

Description

Affected versions of `looppake` 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: ```http 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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References