{"id":"CVE-2016-10561","aliases":["EUVD-2019-0281","GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv"],"status":"published","title":"Directory Traversal in bitty","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-06","score":0.01473,"percentile":0.73925,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2018-05-31T20:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:39:56Z","affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"bitty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.2.10"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"bitty","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.2.10"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"bitty_project","product":"bitty"},{"vendor":"hackerone","product":"bitty node module"}],"references":[{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/150","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10561","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/150","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-10561","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-31T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-17T04:24:57.968Z","cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:31.117878Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2019-0281","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-31T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-17T04:24:57Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:28:23.50734Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv","title":"Directory Traversal in bitty","description":"Affected versions of `bitty` are vulnerable to directory traversal via the URL path in GET requests.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nThe `bitty` package is not currently maintained, and has not seen an update since 2015. \n\nAt this time, the best available mitigation is to use an alternative module that is actively maintained and provides similar functionality, such as [serve](https://www.npmjs.com/package/serve).","status":"published","published":"2019-02-18T23:38:29Z","modified":"2023-01-09T05:03:05Z","cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:04.396827Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-10561","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-31T20:29:02.207Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:39:56.343Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:39.621168Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv","title":"Directory Traversal in bitty","description":"Affected versions of `bitty` are vulnerable to directory traversal via the URL path in GET requests.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nThe `bitty` package is not currently maintained, and has not seen an update since 2015. \n\nAt this time, the best available mitigation is to use an alternative module that is actively maintained and provides similar functionality, such as [serve](https://www.npmjs.com/package/serve).","status":"published","published":"2019-02-18T23:38:29Z","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:12.691799Z","cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:46.006631Z"}]}}