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GHSA-pq5x-rprq-8jrj

GitHub Security Advisory

Directory Traversal in exxxxxxxxxxx

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

Affected versions of `exxxxxxxxxxx` 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.

This vulnerability is only effective for files that have a file extension, which provides a partial mitigation.

**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 exxxxxxxxxxx
Affected versions: 0 (last affected: 1.0.2)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-pq5x-rprq-8jrj
Published
July 23, 2018 10:06 PM
Last Modified
September 13, 2023 8:26 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
npm
Primary Package
exxxxxxxxxxx
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 5, 2025 6:26 AM

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