Description
coursevault-preview is a utility for previewing course material files from a configured directory. 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. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.1.
Published: 2026-04-07
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Information disclosure via path traversal
Action: Immediate Patch
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9h9m-rr67-9jpg coursevault-preview has a path traversal due to improper base-directory boundary validation
History

Fri, 01 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:moritzmyrz:coursevault-preview:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Moritzmyrz
Moritzmyrz coursevault-preview
Vendors & Products Moritzmyrz
Moritzmyrz coursevault-preview

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description coursevault-preview is a utility for previewing course material files from a configured directory. 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. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.1.
Title Path traversal in coursevault-preview due to improper base-directory boundary validation
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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Moritzmyrz Coursevault-preview
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-09T16:18:16.501Z

Reserved: 2026-04-03T21:25:12.163Z

Link: CVE-2026-35613

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-09T15:08:50.724Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-07T17:16:35.583

Modified: 2026-05-01T18:59:48.570

Link: CVE-2026-35613

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Updated: 2026-04-08T19:47:49Z

Weaknesses