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GHSA-M33V-338H-4V9F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-02-26 16:31 – Updated: 2021-02-26 16:23

Summary

Path traversal in Node-Red

Details

Impact

This vulnerability allows arbitrary path traversal via the Projects API.

If the Projects feature is enabled, a user with projects.read permission is able to access any file via the Projects API.

Patches

The issue has been patched in Node-RED 1.2.8

Workarounds

The vulnerability applies only to the Projects feature which is not enabled by default in Node-RED.

The primary workaround is not give untrusted users read access to the Node-RED editor.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at team@nodered.org

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the Tencent Woodpecker Security Team for disclosing this vulnerability.

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CVE-2021-21298 (GCVE-0-2021-21298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-26 16:25 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:09

Title

Path traversal in Node-Red

Summary

Node-Red is a low-code programming for event-driven applications built using nodejs. Node-RED 1.2.7 and earlier has a vulnerability which allows arbitrary path traversal via the Projects API. If the Projects feature is enabled, a user with `projects.read` permission is able to access any file via the Projects API. The issue has been patched in Node-RED 1.2.8. The vulnerability applies only to the Projects feature which is not enabled by default in Node-RED. The primary workaround is not give untrusted users read access to the Node-RED editor.

Severity

3.5 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40node-red/runtime	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/node-red/node-red/releases/tag/1.2.8	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/node-red/node-red/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/node-red/node-red/commit/74db3…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
node-red	node-red	Affected: < 1.2.8

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