A path traversal vulnerability in cube-root/directory-serve through 1.3.7 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files outside the intended served directory when the application is run with the --delete option.
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| Description | A path traversal vulnerability in cube-root/directory-serve through 1.3.7 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files outside the intended served directory when the application is run with the --delete option. The lib/middleware/file-remove.js middleware does not sanitize the req.query.file parameter before using it to construct file system paths, enabling directory traversal via ../ sequences. | A path traversal vulnerability in cube-root/directory-serve through 1.3.7 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files outside the intended served directory when the application is run with the --delete option. |
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| Description | A path traversal vulnerability in cube-root/directory-serve through 1.3.7 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files outside the intended served directory when the application is run with the --delete option. The lib/middleware/file-remove.js middleware does not sanitize the req.query.file parameter before using it to construct file system paths, enabling directory traversal via ../ sequences. | |
| Title | cube-root directory-serve - Unauthenticated Path Traversal Arbitrary File Deletion | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: TuranSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-10T13:10:20.674Z
Reserved: 2026-08-10T10:32:53.853Z
Link: CVE-2026-72569
Updated: 2026-08-10T13:10:16.075Z
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