Vulnerabilities in pkg:npm/coursevault-preview

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-9h9m-rr67-9jpg",
  "modified" : "2026-04-08T00:06:03Z",
  "published" : "2026-04-08T00:06:03Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-35613" ],
  "summary" : "coursevault-preview has a path traversal due to improper base-directory boundary validation",
  "details" : "## Summary\n\n`coursevault-preview` versions prior to `0.1.1` contain a path traversal vulnerability in the `resolveSafe` utility. The boundary check used `String.prototype.startsWith(baseDir)` on a normalized path, which does not enforce a directory boundary. An attacker who controls the `relativePath` argument to affected `CoursevaultPreview` methods may be able to read files outside the configured `baseDir` when a sibling directory exists whose name shares the same string prefix.\n\n## Details\n\nThe vulnerable code in `src/utils/errors.ts`:\n\n```ts\nif (!full.startsWith(base)) {   // ← insufficient\n  throw new Error(\"Path escapes the base directory\");\n}\n```\n\nBecause the check is a raw string prefix test rather than a path-boundary test, the following bypass is possible:\n\n```\nbaseDir  = \"/srv/courses\"\npayload  = \"../courses-admin/config.json\"\nresolved = \"/srv/courses-admin/config.json\"\n\n\"/srv/courses-admin/config.json\".startsWith(\"/srv/courses\") // → true ✗\n```\n\nAny file whose absolute path begins with the `baseDir` string — including files in sibling directories that share a name prefix — passes the guard and can be accessed by the caller through affected file-access methods.\n\nThe fix replaces the check with a separator-aware comparison:\n\n```ts\nif (full !== base && !full.startsWith(base + sep)) {\n  throw new Error(\"Path escapes the base directory\");\n}\n```\n\n## Impact\n\nAn application that passes untrusted input as the `relativePath` argument to affected file-access methods may expose file contents outside the intended directory.\n\n1. Attacker control over the `relativePath` parameter.\n2. A sibling directory on the filesystem whose name shares a string prefix with `baseDir`.\n\nThere is no network exposure in the package itself; impact is limited to local file disclosure within the host process's file system permissions.",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "coursevault-preview"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "0.1.1"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/moritzmyrz/coursevault-preview/security/advisories/GHSA-9h9m-rr67-9jpg"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35613"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/moritzmyrz/coursevault-preview"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-22" ],
    "severity" : "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-04-08T00:06:03Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2026-04-07T17:16:35Z"
  }
}