Unauthorized File Access Affecting harp package, versions <0.40.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-HARP-174346
  • published 18 Apr 2019
  • disclosed 17 Apr 2019
  • credit skyn3t

How to fix?

Upgrade harp to version 0.40.3 or higher.

Overview

harp is a zero-configuration web server with built in pre-processing.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unauthorized File Access. An attacker can access sensitive files on the server when a symlink in the project's base directory points to a file outside of the directory.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

5.3 medium