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GHSA-p498-v437-472g: humanfs: Recursive copy follows symlinked files and copies data from outside the source tree

September 2, 2026

@humanfs/node does not treat symlinks as a separate case during copy operations. A symlink placed inside an attacker-controlled source tree can make copyAll() read and copy the contents of any file readable by the process, even when that file is outside the directory being copied.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-p498-v437-472g
  • github.com/humanwhocodes/humanfs/commit/22bbaa4487a3e6c1197ca619840de4615d0c3404
  • github.com/humanwhocodes/humanfs/releases/tag/node-v0.16.8
  • github.com/humanwhocodes/humanfs/security/advisories/GHSA-p498-v437-472g

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.16.8

Fixed versions

  • 0.16.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.16.8 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

npm/@humanfs/node/GHSA-p498-v437-472g.yml

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