Medium

Directory Traversal in bitty

  • Disclosed: 18.02.2019
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Affected versions of bitty are vulnerable to directory traversal via the URL path in GET requests.

Recommendation

The bitty package is not currently maintained, and has not seen an update since 2015.

At this time, the best available mitigation is to use an alternative module that is actively maintained and provides similar functionality, such as serve.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package bitty <= 0.2.10 no fix

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Platform
npm
Package
bitty
Disclosed
18.02.2019
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-f5mh-hq6h-whxv - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: bitty

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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