GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-wm7q-rxch-43mx Byass due to validation before canonicalization in serve

HIGH Published 2020-09-01 Modified 2020-08-31 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
serve
Severity
High
Reviewed
2020-08-31

Affected packages

• npm serve: < 6.5.2 → fixed in 6.5.2

Description

Versions of `serve` before 6.5.2 are vulnerable to the bypass of the ignore functionality. The bypass is possible because validation happens before canonicalization of paths and filenames. Example: Here we have a server that ignores the file test.txt. ``` const serve = require('serve') const server = serve(__dirname, { port: 1337, ignore: ['test.txt'] }) ``` Using the URL encoded form of a letter (%65 instead of e) attacker can bypass the ignore control accessing the file. `curl http://localhost:1337/t%65st.txt` Additionally this technique can be used to get directory listings of ignored directories. Recommendation Update to version 6.5.2 or later.

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