# CVE-2024-49770: oak's path traversal allows transfer of hidden files within the served root directory

- Also known as: GHSA-QM92-93FV-VH7M
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 17.1.3
- Published: 2024-11-01 · Updated: 2024-11-01

## Affected

- oakserver oak: fixed in 17.1.3
- @oakserver/oak (npm): through 14.1.0

## Description

`oak` is a middleware framework for Deno's native HTTP server, Deno Deploy, Node.js 16.5 and later, Cloudflare Workers and Bun. By default `oak` does not allow transferring of hidden files with `Context.send` API. However, prior to version 17.1.3, this can be bypassed by encoding `/` as its URL encoded form `%2F`. For an attacker this has potential to read sensitive user data or to gain access to server secrets. Version 17.1.3 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on oakserver oak, @oakserver/oak, upgrade to a fixed version (17.1.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/oakserver/oak/security/advisories/GHSA-qm92-93fv-vh7m
- https://github.com/oakserver/oak/commit/4b2f27efd5cba5a45b2c3982e610da3af0869209
- https://github.com/oakserver/oak/blob/3896fe568b25ac0b4c5afbf822ff8344c3d1712a/send.ts#L117-L125
- https://github.com/oakserver/oak/blob/3896fe568b25ac0b4c5afbf822ff8344c3d1712a/send.ts#L182C10-L182C25

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