Mockoon has a Path Traversal and LFI in the static file serving endpoint
Summary
A mock API configuration for static file serving following the same approach presented in the documentation page, where the server filename is generated via templating features from user input is vulnerable to Path Traversal and LFI, allowing an attacker to get any file in the mock server filesystem. The issue may be particularly relevant in cloud hosted server instances
Details
In sendFileWithCallback(code) and sendFile(code) the filePath variable is parsed using TemplateParser
let filePath = TemplateParser({
shouldOmitDataHelper: false,
// replace backslashes with forward slashes, but not if followed by a dot (to allow helpers with paths containing properties with dots: e.g. {{queryParam 'path.prop\.with\.dots'}})
content: routeResponse.filePath.replace(/\\(?!\.)/g, '/'),
environment: this.environment,
processedDatabuckets: this.processedDatabuckets,
globalVariables: this.globalVariables,
request: serverRequest,
envVarsPrefix: this.options.envVarsPrefix
});
The path extracted from the request parameters used when composing the final file path is not sanitized and is vulnerable to path traversal exploits (e.g. ../../../../../etc/passwd)
PoC
Test setup
The issue has been tested with mockoon-cli, using the Docker image mockoon/cli:latest
# Folder setup
mkdir mockoon-test
cd mockoon-test
# put config.json in mockooon-test dir
mkdir static
# Run container
docker run -d --mount type=bind,source=./config.json,target=/data,readonly -v ./static:/static -p 3000:3000 mockoon/cli:latest -d data -p 3000
Payload to reproduce
Browsing directly to http://localhost:3000/static/%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd is going to display the /etc/passwd file in the container filesystem
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | @mockoon/cli | < 9.2.0 | 9.2.0 |
| npm package | @mockoon/commons-server | < 9.2.0 | 9.2.0 |
References
- https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/security/advisories/GHSA-w7f9-wqc4-3wxr
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59049
- https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/commit/c7f6e23e87dc3b8cc44e5802af046200a797bd2e
- https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon
- https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/blob/1ed31c4059d7f757f6cb2a43e10dc81b0d9c55a9/packages/commons-server/src/libs/server/server.ts#L1400
- https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/blob/1ed31c4059d7f757f6cb2a43e10dc81b0d9c55a9/packages/commons-server/src/libs/server/server.ts#L1551
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22, CWE-73- Platform
- npm
- Package
@mockoon/cli, @mockoon/commons-server- Disclosed
- 11.03.2025
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-w7f9-wqc4-3wxr - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: @mockoon/cli
All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 3
- First → latest
- 03.2025 09.2026
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 2
- Medium 1
Disclosures per year
- 2025: 1
- 2026: 2
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