CVE-2016-10528
Directory Traversal in restafary
restafary is a REpresentful State Transfer API for Creating, Reading, Using, Deleting files on a server from the web. Restafary before 1.6.1 is able to set up a root path, which should only allow it to run inside of that root path it specified.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
restafary is a REpresentful State Transfer API for Creating, Reading, Using, Deleting files on a server from the web. Restafary before 1.6.1 is able to set up a root path, which should only allow it to run inside of that root path it specified.
- Record
CVE-2016-10528- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
restafary is a REpresentful State Transfer API for Creating, Reading, Using, Deleting files on a server from the web. Restafary before 1.6.1 is able to set up a root path, which should only allow it to run inside of that root path it specified.
- Record
CVE-2016-10528- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0363 No score
restafary is a REpresentful State Transfer API for Creating, Reading, Using, Deleting files on a server from the web. Restafary before 1.6.1 is able to set up a root path, which should only allow it to run inside of that root path it specified.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0363- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xg5r-8j97-2wrj No score
Directory Traversal in restafary
Affected versions of restafary are susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability when a root path is specified in the configuration.
Proof of Concept
curl -i -s -k -X 'GET' -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46cGFzc3dvcmQ=' 'http://localhost:8000/api/v1/fs/..%2f..%2fetc/passwd'
Recommendation
Update to version 1.6.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-xg5r-8j97-2wrj- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
restafary is a REpresentful State Transfer API for Creating, Reading, Using, Deleting files on a server from the web. Restafary before 1.6.1 is able to set up a root path, which should only allow it to run inside of that root path it specified.
- Record
CVE-2016-10528- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-xg5r-8j97-2wrj No score
Directory Traversal in restafary
Affected versions of restafary are susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability when a root path is specified in the configuration.
Proof of Concept
curl -i -s -k -X 'GET' -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46cGFzc3dvcmQ=' 'http://localhost:8000/api/v1/fs/..%2f..%2fetc/passwd'
Recommendation
Update to version 1.6.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-xg5r-8j97-2wrj- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
restafarynpm |
before 1.6.1 | 1.6.1 |
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-2016-10528 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Restafary Project Restafary, published May 31, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.18%, the 67th percentile. Fixed in restafary 1.6.1.