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TI-2019-16129 Aliases GHSA-886v-mm6p-4m66

High severity vulnerability that affects gun

Priority LOW 38CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

## Urgent Upgrade The static file server module included with GUN had a **serious vulnerability**: - Using `curl --path-as-is` allowed reads on any parent directory or files. This did not work via the browser or via curl without as-is option. ### Fixed This has been fixed since version `0.2019.416` and higher. ### Who Was Effected? Most NodeJS users who use the default setup, such as: - `npm start` - `node examples/http.js` - `Heroku` 1-click-deploy - `Docker` - `Now` If you have a custom NodeJS code then you are probably safe *unless* you have something like `require('http').createServer(Gun.serve(__dirname))` in it. If you have not upgraded, it is **mandatory** or else it is highly likely your environment variables and AWS (or other) keys could be leaked. ### Credit It was reported and fixed by [JK0N](https://github.com/amark/gun/pull/527), but I did not understand the `--path-as-is` condition. Joonas Loppi from [function61](http://function61.com) rediscovered it and explained the urgency to me to fix it.

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed gun (npm): 0.2019.416

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—gun (npm)before 0.2019.4160.2019.416Patch availableGHSA-886v-mm6p-4m66
  • gun (npm) Vendor— Affected before 0.2019.416 Fixed in 0.2019.416 Patch available GHSA-886v-mm6p-4m66

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-886v-mm6p-4m66 gun (npm) Fixed in 0.2019.416 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-886v-mm6p-4m66

References

Sources

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