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TI-2016-01129 Aliases CVE-2016-1231GHSA-8q2g-4r27-6vpc

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in…

Priority LOW 32CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified path.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02867 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 13

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*22VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*23VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.0VulnerableProsody
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.1VulnerableProsody
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.2VulnerableProsody
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.3VulnerableProsody
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.4VulnerableProsody
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.5VulnerableProsody
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.6VulnerableProsody
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.7VulnerableProsody
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 23 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.0 Vulnerable ·Prosody
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.1 Vulnerable ·Prosody
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.2 Vulnerable ·Prosody
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.3 Vulnerable ·Prosody
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.4 Vulnerable ·Prosody
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.5 Vulnerable ·Prosody
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.6 Vulnerable ·Prosody
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.7 Vulnerable ·Prosody
Show 3 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.8VulnerableProsody
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.8 Vulnerable ·Prosody
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1231
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8q2g-4r27-6vpc

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 2

Sources

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