{"id":"CVE-2017-16091","aliases":["EUVD-2020-0988","GHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c"],"status":"published","title":"Directory Traversal in xtalk","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01766,"percentile":0.78226,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2018-06-07T02:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:08:46Z","affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"xtalk","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"xtalk","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.2"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"hackerone","product":"xtalk node module"},{"vendor":"xtalk_project","product":"xtalk"}],"references":[{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/339","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/339","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16091","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2017-16091","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2018-06-07T02:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T21:02:25.201Z","cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:21.142987Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-0988","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2018-06-07T02:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T21:02:25Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:55:09.104839Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c","title":"Directory Traversal in xtalk","description":"Affected versions of `xtalk` are vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to the filesystem by placing \"../\" in the URL.\n\n**Example request:**\n```http\nGET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1\nhost:localhost\n```\n\n\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nNo patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the package has not been updated since 2014.\n\nThe best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, and using a different, functionally equivalent package.","status":"published","published":"2020-09-01T16:44:59Z","modified":"2023-09-11T23:15:00Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:04.447845Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2017-16091","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2018-06-07T02:29:01.787Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:08:46.883Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","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":"2026-11-02T14:04:17.638656Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c","title":"Directory Traversal in xtalk","description":"Affected versions of `xtalk` are vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to the filesystem by placing \"../\" in the URL.\n\n**Example request:**\n```http\nGET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1\nhost:localhost\n```\n\n\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nNo patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the package has not been updated since 2014.\n\nThe best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, and using a different, functionally equivalent package.","status":"published","published":"2020-09-01T16:44:59Z","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:04.30357Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:45.28161Z"}]}}