CVE-2017-16107
Directory traversal in pooledwebsocket
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.53%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-16107
To remediate CVE-2017-16107, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.0.19 or later
Is CVE-2017-16107 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.0.19
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |