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.

Affected Packages

npm desafio

Affected versions: 0 (last affected: 1.1.0)

Related CVEs

CVE-2017-16164

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-f499-jv47-9wxf

Published

August 6, 2018 9:40 PM

Last Modified

September 6, 2023 8:04 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

npm

Primary Package

desafio

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 4, 2025 6:27 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.