{"id":"CVE-2017-16187","aliases":["EUVD-2018-0290","GHSA-jpjp-vxv6-59hm"],"status":"published","title":"Directory Traversal in open-device","description":"open-device creates a web interface for any device. open-device 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":0.01974,"percentile":0.80581,"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":"2026-06-17T01:08:56Z","affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"open-device","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.0.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"open-device","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.0.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"hackerone","product":"open-device node module"},{"vendor":"open-device_project","product":"open-device"}],"references":[{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/447","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/open-device","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16187","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jpjp-vxv6-59hm","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/447","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2017-16187","description":"open-device creates a web interface for any device. open-device 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":"2024-09-16T19:19:14.556Z","cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:21.453505Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-0290","description":"open-device creates a web interface for any device. open-device 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":"2024-09-16T19:19:14Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:55:24.213258Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-jpjp-vxv6-59hm","title":"Directory Traversal in open-device","description":"Affected versions of `open-device` resolve relative file paths, resulting in a directory traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor can use this vulnerability to access files outside of the intended directory root, which may result in the disclosure of private files on the vulnerable system.\n\n**Example request:**\n```http\nGET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1\nhost:foo\n```\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nNo patch is available for this vulnerability.\n\nIt is recommended that the package is only used for local development, and if the functionality is needed for production, a different package is used instead.","status":"published","published":"2018-07-23T20:41:11Z","modified":"2023-09-11T23:12:32Z","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-2017-16187","description":"open-device creates a web interface for any device. open-device is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing \"../\" in the url.","status":"published","published":"2018-06-07T02:29:06.067Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:08:56.72Z","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-jpjp-vxv6-59hm","title":"Directory Traversal in open-device","description":"Affected versions of `open-device` resolve relative file paths, resulting in a directory traversal vulnerability. 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