🛡️ CVE-2023-26111 — node-static

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

node-static and @nubosoftware/node-static vulnerable to Directory Traversal

node-static and its fork, @nubosoftware/node-static, are vulnerable to Directory Traversal due to improper file path sanitization in the startsWith() method in the servePath function.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-26111 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2023-26111 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • @nubosoftware/node-static
  • \@nubosoftware\/node-static
  • node-static

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2023 and last revised on 26 September 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
gist.github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
security.snyk.io (Web)
security.snyk.io (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-03-06
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-09-26
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
@nubosoftware/node-static — —
\@nubosoftware\/node-static — —
node-static — —

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