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Path Traversal in serve

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 25, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 12, 2023

Package

npm serve (npm)

Affected versions

< 7.1.3

Patched versions

7.1.3

Description

Versions of serve prior to 7.0.1 are vulnerable to Path Traversal. Explicitly ignored folders can be accessed through if the path contains a /./, which allows attackers to access hidden folders and files.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 7.0.1 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 25, 2019
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 12, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-5415

GHSA ID

GHSA-v588-qcp3-jv46

Source code

No known source code
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