What is GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv?

GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Directory Traversal in bitty

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv cover?

GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-10561. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv?

GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv affects 1 product, including: npm/bitty:\u003c= 0.2.10.

GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxvMedium

Directory Traversal in bitty

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

February 18, 2019

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-10561 →

📋 Description

Affected versions of bitty are vulnerable to directory traversal via the URL path in GET requests.

Recommendation

The bitty package is not currently maintained, and has not seen an update since 2015.

At this time, the best available mitigation is to use an alternative module that is actively maintained and provides similar functionality, such as serve.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/bitty:<= 0.2.10

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10561
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/150