Directory Traversal in send (GHSA-xwg4-93c6-3h42)
Published: 2017-10-24T18:33:36Z
Aliases: CVE-2014-6394
Severity: LOW · CWE: CWE-22

Versions 0.8.3 and earlier of `send` are affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. When relying on the root option to restrict file access it may be possible for an application consumer to escape out of the restricted directory and access files in a similarly named directory. 

For example, `static(_dirname + '/public')` would allow access to `_dirname + '/public-restricted'`.


## Recommendation

Update to version 0.8.4 or later.

Affected packages:
package: ecosystem: npm
name: send
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 0
fixed: 0.8.4