GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h

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GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h

Summary: Directory traversal in pooledwebsocket

Details: Affected versions of `pooledwebsocket` resolve relative file paths, resulting in a directory traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor can use this vulnerability to access files outside of the intended directory root, which may result in the disclosure of private files on the vulnerable system. **Example request:** ```http GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1 host:foo ``` ## Recommendation Update to version 0.0.19 or later.

References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16107, https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/pooledwebsocket, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h, https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/341