Unauthorized File Access Affecting harp package, versions <0.40.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-HARP-174346
  • published18 Apr 2019
  • disclosed17 Apr 2019
  • creditskyn3t

Introduced: 17 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-5438  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-61  (opens in a new tab)

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

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