What is GHSA-4vvp-x9h2-x2vf?

GHSA-4vvp-x9h2-x2vf is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Path Traversal in public

Why does GHSA-4vvp-x9h2-x2vf have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-4vvp-x9h2-x2vf?

GHSA-4vvp-x9h2-x2vf affects 1 product, including: npm/public:\u003e= 0.0.0.

GHSA-4vvp-x9h2-x2vfMediumDisclosed before NVD

Path Traversal in public

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 3, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

All versions of public are vulnerable to Path Traversal. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access files outside the webroot since it allows symlink navigation in the URL.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Do not use public in production or consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/public:>= 0.0.0

🔗 References (3)

https://hackerone.com/reports/593911
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1144
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4vvp-x9h2-x2vf