CVE-2021-23357

LOW

Tyk - Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Deletion via Management API APIID Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

All versions of package github.com/tyktechnologies/tyk/gateway are vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the handleAddOrUpdateApi function. This function is able to delete arbitrary JSON files on the disk where Tyk is running via the management API. The APIID is provided by the user and this value is then used to create a file on disk. If there is a file found with the same name then it will be deleted and then re-created with the contents of the API creation request.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/issues/3390

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0053
EPSS Percentile 40.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
tyk/tyk
Published Mar 15, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026