{"id":"GHSA-vwr2-wj63-86gr","summary":"Path Traversal in simplehttpserver","details":"All versions of `simplehttpserver` are vulnerable to Path Traversal. \n\nThis vulnerability allows an attacker to access files outside the webroot since it allows symlink navigation in the URL.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nNo fix is currently available. Do not use `simplehttpserver` in production or consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.","aliases":["CVE-2018-16478"],"modified":"2023-11-08T04:00:00.251385Z","published":"2018-12-06T15:49:10Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2020-06-16T21:58:36Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-22"],"severity":"MODERATE"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16478"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/403703"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwr2-wj63-86gr"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/master/vuln/npm/484.json"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/tikonen/blog/tree/master/simplehttpserver"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/744"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"simplehttpserver","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/simplehttpserver"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.3.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/12/GHSA-vwr2-wj63-86gr/GHSA-vwr2-wj63-86gr.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:L/I:N/A:N"}]}