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GHSA-8w74-g84v-c5w8

Directory Traversal in chatbyvista

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2017-16177

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm chatbyvista >= 0.0.0 no fix listed

Details

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Affected versions of `chatbyvista` 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.

References

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