CVE-2024-56198

path-sanitizer allows bypassing the existing filters to achieve path-traversal vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 9.3 Critical
Published: Dec 31, 2024
Updated: Dec 31, 2024
Reserved: Dec 18, 2024

Description

path-sanitizer is a simple lightweight npm package for sanitizing paths to prevent Path Traversal. Prior to 3.1.0, the filters can be bypassed using .=%5c which results in a path traversal. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.0.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	9.3 Critical	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
path-sanitizercabraviva	< 3.1.0Affected

References

https://github.com/cabraviva/path-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-94p5-r7cc-3rpr
https://github.com/cabraviva/path-sanitizer/commit/b6d2319eac910dffdfacc8460f5b5cc5a1518ead
https://www.loom.com/share/b766ece5193842848ce7562fcd559256?sid=fd826eb6-0eee-4601-bf0e-9cfee5c56e9d

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