CVE-2026-35613

MEDIUM

Path traversal in coursevault-preview due to improper base-directory boundary validation

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.1
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
moritzmyrz/coursevault-preview < 0.1.1
npm/coursevault-preview 0 - 0.1.1npm
Published Apr 07, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 07, 2026