Quick answers
- Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is This vulnerability?
- Informational severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 11 September 2020.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- serve (npm) before 10.1.2.
- Is there a fix for This vulnerability?
- A patch was published on 2020-09-11: Fix available in version 10.1.2 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is This vulnerability attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected?
- Check whether you run serve (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a path traversal flaw (CWE-22) in the serve package versions prior to 10.1.2. The root cause is improper handling of relative paths when evaluating folder access controls; explicitly ignored folders can be bypassed using relative path sequences (e.g., "../" sequences). An attacker can send crafted HTTP requests with relative path traversal sequences to navigate past the configured folder exclusions. The attack requires network access to the serve HTTP server but does not require authentication. An attacker can achieve unauthorized file disclosure of hidden folders and files that administrators intended to restrict. The fix is to upgrade to version 10.1.2 or later.
Affected products
- npm serve before 10.1.2
Timeline
- 2020-09-11: disclosed: Vulnerability published in GitHub Advisory Database
- 2020-09-11: patched: Fix available in version 10.1.2