Improper privilege management in serve
Priority LOW 36CWE-548Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
A bug in handling the ignore files and directories feature in serve 6.5.3 allows an attacker to read a file or list the directory that the victim has not allowed access to.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01643 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed serve (npm): 7.0.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | serve | 7.0.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | serve (npm) | before 7.0.0 | 7.0.0 | Patch available | GHSA-v588-qcp3-jv46 |
- serve Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- serve (npm) Vendor— Affected before 7.0.0 Fixed in 7.0.0 Patch available GHSA-v588-qcp3-jv46
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-v588-qcp3-jv46 serve (npm) Fixed in 7.0.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-5415
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v588-qcp3-jv46
References
More zeit Serve vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-03827 Path traversal in serve CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-02710 Path traversal in HackerOne serve node module CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2018-02716 serve node module suffers from Improper Handling of URL Encoding by permitting access to… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2018-02781 Information exposure through directory listings in serve 6.5.3 allows directory listing… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2019-5415 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-5415 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v588-qcp3-jv46 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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