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CVE-2020-15779: Path Traversal

July 15, 2020 (updated July 22, 2020)

A Path Traversal issue was discovered in the socket.io-file package for Node.js. The socket.io-file::createFile message uses path.join with ../ in the name option, and the uploadDir and rename options determine the path.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15779

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Affected versions

All versions up to 2.0.31

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

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

Source file

npm/socket.io-file/CVE-2020-15779.yml

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