Unauthorized File Access in harp - harp

Description

All versions of harp are vulnerable 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. This could allow an attacker to access sensitive files on the server.

Recommendation

Update the harp package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 0.40.3
• Patched version(s): 0.40.3

References

• GHSA-6fmm-47qc-p4m4
• hackerone.com
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2019-5438
• CWE-22
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A1
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

harp