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CVE-2015-5638

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in H2O before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.0-beta2, when the file.dir directive is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Affected products

• Dena H20: through 1.4.4; through 1.5.0

References

• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN65602714/index.html
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000136
• https://h2o.examp1e.net/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2015-5638
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN65602714/index.html
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000136
• https://h2o.examp1e.net/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2015-5638

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