What is GHSA-g8m7-qhv7-9h5x?

GHSA-g8m7-qhv7-9h5x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Path Traversal in serve-here.js

Why does GHSA-g8m7-qhv7-9h5x 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-g8m7-qhv7-9h5x?

GHSA-g8m7-qhv7-9h5x affects 1 product, including: npm/serve-here:\u003c= 3.2.0.

GHSA-g8m7-qhv7-9h5xHighDisclosed before NVD

Path Traversal in serve-here.js

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 5, 2019

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of serve-here.js prior to 1.2.0 are vulnerable to Path Traversal. The package fails to sanitize URLs, allowing attackers to access server files outside of the served folder using relative paths.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.2.0 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/serve-here:<= 3.2.0

🔗 References (6)

https://github.com/vivaxy/here/pull/17
https://github.com/vivaxy/here/commit/298dbab41344dfb7f95f66b1fa7b5cfb436bd4a2
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/554
https://hackerone.com/reports/296254
https://hackerone.com/reports/569966
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8m7-qhv7-9h5x