Path traversal in serve-lite
Priority HIGH 72CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
All versions of the package serve-lite are vulnerable to Directory Traversal due to missing input sanitization or other checks and protections employed to the req.url passed as-is to path.join().
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01381 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | serve-lite | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | serve-lite (npm) | up to 1.1.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-5qq4-m6c3-xxmf |
- serve-lite Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- serve-lite (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 1.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-5qq4-m6c3-xxmf
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:serve-lite_project:serve-lite:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | Serve-lite Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:serve-lite_project:serve-lite:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Serve-lite Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-21192
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5qq4-m6c3-xxmf
References
More Serve-lite Project Serve-lite vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-09413 Cross-site scripting in serve-lite CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2022-21192 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-21192 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5qq4-m6c3-xxmf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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