{"id":"GHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c","summary":"Directory Traversal in xtalk","details":"Affected versions of `xtalk` are vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to the filesystem by placing \"../\" in the URL.\n\n**Example request:**\n```http\nGET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1\nhost:localhost\n```\n\n\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nNo patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the package has not been updated since 2014.\n\nThe best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, and using a different, functionally equivalent package.","aliases":["CVE-2017-16091"],"modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:04.303570Z","published":"2020-09-01T16:44:59Z","database_specific":{"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2020-08-31T18:19:52Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-22"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16091"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/339"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xtalk","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/xtalk"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c/GHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}