PT-2019-17668 · Harp · Harp

Published 2019-05-10 · Updated 2020-10-16 · CVE-2019-5438

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions harp versions <= 0.29.0

Description The issue allows for path traversal using a symlink, potentially leading to unauthorized file access. If a symlink in the project's base directory points to a file outside of the directory, the file is served, which could allow an attacker to access sensitive files on the server.

Recommendations For harp versions <= 0.29.0, consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-5438

GHSA-6FMM-47QC-P4M4

Affected Products

Harp

References · 5

• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/530289 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5438 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5438 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6fmm-47qc-p4m4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/816 · Note