Path Traversal in public

Also known as GHSA-rwv8-jvff-jq28

Published 8 y ago 2018-06-07 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.1 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.0%

percentile 81%

Public exploits

none known

public node module suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of filePath, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.01% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`
GitHub	3.1	7.5	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`public`	<0.1.3	0.1.3

Affected products

HackerOne public node module

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

hackerone.com /reports/312918 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3731 · advisory
github.com /tnantoka/public/commit/eae8ad8017b260f8667ded5e12801bd72b877af2 · web
github.com /advisories/GHSA-rwv8-jvff-jq28 · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/571 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-3731
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-rwv8-jvff-jq28
NVD: CVE-2018-3731

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Summary