CVE-2016-10561
Directory Traversal in bitty
Bitty is a development web server tool that functions similar to python -m SimpleHTTPServer. Version 0.2.10 has a directory traversal vulnerability that is exploitable via the URL path in GET requests.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Bitty is a development web server tool that functions similar to python -m SimpleHTTPServer. Version 0.2.10 has a directory traversal vulnerability that is exploitable via the URL path in GET requests.
- Record
CVE-2016-10561- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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
Bitty is a development web server tool that functions similar to python -m SimpleHTTPServer. Version 0.2.10 has a directory traversal vulnerability that is exploitable via the URL path in GET requests.
- Record
CVE-2016-10561- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0281 No score
Bitty is a development web server tool that functions similar to python -m SimpleHTTPServer. Version 0.2.10 has a directory traversal vulnerability that is exploitable via the URL path in GET requests.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0281- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv No score
Directory Traversal in bitty
Affected versions of bitty are vulnerable to directory traversal via the URL path in GET requests.
Recommendation
The bitty package is not currently maintained, and has not seen an update since 2015.
At this time, the best available mitigation is to use an alternative module that is actively maintained and provides similar functionality, such as serve.
- Record
GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv No score
Directory Traversal in bitty
Affected versions of bitty are vulnerable to directory traversal via the URL path in GET requests.
Recommendation
The bitty package is not currently maintained, and has not seen an update since 2015.
At this time, the best available mitigation is to use an alternative module that is actively maintained and provides similar functionality, such as serve.
- Record
GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
bittynpm |
through 0.2.10 | 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-2016-10561 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Bitty Project Bitty, published May 31, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.47%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.