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CVE-2017-16085

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

tinyserver2 is a webserver for static files. tinyserver2 is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.

Affected products

• HackerOne tinyserver2 node module: before 0.6.0 — fixed in 0.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HackerOne tinyserver2 node module 0.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/tree/master/directory-traversal/tinyserver2
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/371
• https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/tree/master/directory-traversal/tinyserver2
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/371

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