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CVE-2024-56198

critical

Description

path-sanitizer is a simple lightweight npm package for sanitizing paths to prevent Path Traversal. Prior to 3.1.0, the filters can be bypassed using .=%5c which results in a path traversal. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.0.

References

https://www.loom.com/share/b766ece5193842848ce7562fcd559256?sid=fd826eb6-0eee-4601-bf0e-9cfee5c56e9d

https://github.com/cabraviva/path-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-94p5-r7cc-3rpr

https://github.com/cabraviva/path-sanitizer/commit/b6d2319eac910dffdfacc8460f5b5cc5a1518ead

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-12-31

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00096