CVE-2017-16091
Directory Traversal in xtalk
xtalk helps your browser talk to nodex, a simple web framework. xtalk is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.
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
xtalk helps your browser talk to nodex, a simple web framework. xtalk is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.
- Record
CVE-2017-16091- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/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
xtalk helps your browser talk to nodex, a simple web framework. xtalk is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.
- Record
CVE-2017-16091- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0988 No score
xtalk helps your browser talk to nodex, a simple web framework. xtalk is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.
- Record
EUVD-2020-0988- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c
Directory Traversal in xtalk
Affected versions of xtalk are vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.
Example request:
GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
host:localhost
Recommendation
No patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the package has not been updated since 2014.
The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, and using a different, functionally equivalent package.
- Record
GHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c
Directory Traversal in xtalk
Affected versions of xtalk are vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.
Example request:
GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
host:localhost
Recommendation
No patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the package has not been updated since 2014.
The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, and using a different, functionally equivalent package.
- Record
GHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xtalknpm |
0.0.2 and later | None known |
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-2017-16091 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Xtalk Project Xtalk, published June 7, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.77%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.