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Medium, CVSS 5.3amended

Directory Traversal in nhouston

CVE-2014-8883GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

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Affected packages

  • npm nhouston

    Affected
    every version
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
No dated EPSS signal available.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

All versions of the static file server module nhouston are vulnerable to directory traversal. An attacker can provide input such as ../ to read files outside of the served directory. Recommendation It is recommended that a different module be used, as we have been unable to reacher the maintainer of this module. We will continue to reach out to them, and if an update becomes available that fixes the issue, we will update this advisory accordingly.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2014-8883

Advisory: Directory Traversal in nhouston
IDs: CVE-2014-8883, GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2014-8883 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:08 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm nhouston: affected every version

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls nhouston --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on nhouston.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7 (OSV record GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7 lists affected ranges: npm nhouston >=0.0.0)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7 lists affected ranges: npm nhouston >=0.0.0)

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