coursevault-preview is a utility for previewing course material files from a configured directory. coursevault-preview versions prior to 0.1.1 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the resolveSafe utility. The boundary check used String.prototype.startsWith(baseDir) on a normalized path, which does not enforce a directory boundary. An attacker who controls the relativePath argument to affected CoursevaultPreview methods may be able to read files outside the configured baseDir when a sibling directory exists whose name shares the same string prefix. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.1.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://github.com/moritzmyrz/coursevault-preview/security/advisories/GHSA-9h9m-rr67-9jpg Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.7 · moritzmyrzNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:moritzmyrz:coursevault-preview:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
References 1
- https://github.com/moritzmyrz/coursevault-preview/security/advisories/GHSA-9h9m-rr67-9jpg Exploit, Vendor Advisory