GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-f499-jv47-9wxf Directory Traversal in desafio
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- Aliases
- CVE-2017-16164
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- desafio
- Severity
- Moderate
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• npm desafio: <= 1.1.0 (no fix yet)
Description
Affected versions of `desafio` 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)
- CVE-2017-16164 desafio is a simple web server. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness