Versions of `public` before 0.1.3 are vulnerable to path traversal. This is due to lack of file path sanitization which could lead to any file the parent process has access to on the server to be read by malicious user.

## Recommendation

Update to version 0.1.3 or later.

Affected Packages

npm public

Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 0.1.3)

Related CVEs

CVE-2018-3731

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-rwv8-jvff-jq28

Published

July 18, 2018 9:20 PM

Last Modified

January 31, 2023 1:37 AM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

npm

Primary Package

public

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 2, 2025 6:26 AM

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