CVE-2021-23631: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

January 21, 2022 (updated January 27, 2022)

This affects all versions of package convert-svg-core; all versions of package convert-svg-to-png; all versions of package convert-svg-to-jpeg. Using a specially crafted SVG file, an attacker could read arbitrary files from the file system and then show the file content as a converted PNG file.

References

gist.github.com/legndery/a248350bb25b8502a03c2f407cedeb14
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23631
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONVERTSVGCORE-1582785
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONVERTSVGTOJPEG-2348245
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONVERTSVGTOPNG-2348244

Code Behaviors & Features

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