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🛡️ CVE-2024-43800 on npm (Root.io) — serve-static

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

CVE-2024-43800 in @rootio/serve-static - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2024-43800 in the @rootio/serve-static package for Root:npm. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-43800 as tracked by npm (Root.io), for the package serve-static. The fix is available in version 1.15.0-root.io.1; earlier versions remain affected.

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. A user must be tricked into taking some action. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability none. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: Present — the target has to be in a particular state for the attack to work.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Passive — a victim action is involved, but not a deliberate one.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2024-43800 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2024-43800 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • @rootio/serve-static (fixed in 1.15.0-root.io.1)
  • serve-static (fixed in 1.15.0-aikido.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS)) in other software:

CVE-2024-43800 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-27
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-27
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
@rootio/serve-static — 1.15.0-root.io.1
serve-static — 1.15.0-aikido.1

References

N/A

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