CVE-2014-10068
Hidden Directories Always Served in inert
The inert directory handler in inert node module before 1.1.1 always allows files in hidden directories to be served, even when showHidden is false.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The inert directory handler in inert node module before 1.1.1 always allows files in hidden directories to be served, even when showHidden is false.
- Record
CVE-2014-10068- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The inert directory handler in inert node module before 1.1.1 always allows files in hidden directories to be served, even when showHidden is false.
- Record
CVE-2014-10068- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0621 No score
The inert directory handler in inert node module before 1.1.1 always allows files in hidden directories to be served, even when showHidden is false.
- Record
EUVD-2020-0621- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g4xp-36c3-f7mr No score
Hidden Directories Always Served in inert
Versions 1.1.1 and earlier of inert are vulnerable to an information leakage vulnerability which causes files in hidden directories to be served, even when showHidden is false.
The inert directory handler always allows files in hidden directories to be served, even when showHidden is false.
Recommendation
Update to version >= 1.1.1.
- Record
GHSA-g4xp-36c3-f7mr- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-g4xp-36c3-f7mr No score
Hidden Directories Always Served in inert
Versions 1.1.1 and earlier of inert are vulnerable to an information leakage vulnerability which causes files in hidden directories to be served, even when showHidden is false.
The inert directory handler always allows files in hidden directories to be served, even when showHidden is false.
Recommendation
Update to version >= 1.1.1.
- Record
GHSA-g4xp-36c3-f7mr- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
inertnpm |
before 1.1.1 | 1.1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-10068 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Hackerone Inert Node Module, published May 29, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.90%, the 79th percentile. Fixed in inert 1.1.1.