High

Path Traversal in superstatic

  • Disclosed: 27.07.2018
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Affected of superstatic are vulnerable to path traversal when used on Windows.

Additionally, it is vulnerable to path traversal on other platforms combined with certain Node.js versions which erroneously normalize \\ to / in paths on all platforms (a known example being Node.js v9.9.0).

Recommendation

Update to version 5.0.2 or later.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package superstatic < 5.0.2 5.0.2

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-177
Platform
npm
Package
superstatic
Disclosed
27.07.2018
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-wm77-q74p-5763 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: superstatic

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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