vulnerability / NVI-00013274 / Revision 3
webpack-dev-middleware vulnerable to Path Traversal via non-slash-terminated publicPath
GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for webpack-dev-middleware, webpack-dev-middleware. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
This report has not inspected your inventory, configuration, deployed build, reachability or evidence. A catalog listing and a severity score do not establish exposure or compromise.
01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
7.4 high
GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.
As of · GitHub Advisory Database
0.592%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.48299. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
webpack-dev-middleware
source listed>= 8.0.0, < 8.3.0
> [!IMPORTANT] > CVE-2026-76844 was assigned and published for this issue by VulnCheck on 2026-08-24 without prior coordination with the webpack maintainers or the OpenJS Foundation, which holds the CVE Numbering Authority scope for webpack projects. Neither the maintainers nor the OpenJS CNA were notified before publication, and no fix was available at that time. This advisory is the coordinated record produced by the webpack maintainers and the OpenJS Foundation CNA. ### Impact `webpack-dev-middleware` resolves a request to a local file in `getFilenameFromUrl`. When the configured `publicPath` has no trailing slash (for example `/assets`), a request that shares that prefix without being under it (for example `/assets../secret`) still passes the containment check, and the `..` guard does not catch it because it runs on the path before the `publicPath` prefix is stripped. The stripped remainder then escapes the configured output directory once joined, so an unauthenticated request can read files outside the output root. Applications serving `webpack-dev-middleware` (directly or via `webpack-dev-server`) with a `publicPath` that does not end in a slash are affected. A development
webpack-dev-middleware
source listed< 7.4.5
> [!IMPORTANT] > CVE-2026-76844 was assigned and published for this issue by VulnCheck on 2026-08-24 without prior coordination with the webpack maintainers or the OpenJS Foundation, which holds the CVE Numbering Authority scope for webpack projects. Neither the maintainers nor the OpenJS CNA were notified before publication, and no fix was available at that time. This advisory is the coordinated record produced by the webpack maintainers and the OpenJS Foundation CNA. ### Impact `webpack-dev-middleware` resolves a request to a local file in `getFilenameFromUrl`. When the configured `publicPath` has no trailing slash (for example `/assets`), a request that shares that prefix without being under it (for example `/assets../secret`) still passes the containment check, and the `..` guard does not catch it because it runs on the path before the `publicPath` prefix is stripped. The stripped remainder then escapes the configured output directory once joined, so an unauthenticated request can read files outside the output root. Applications serving `webpack-dev-middleware` (directly or via `webpack-dev-server`) with a `publicPath` that does not end in a slash are affected. A development
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
A fixed release is not deployment evidence.
Check current vendor support and compatibility. After making a change, verify the deployed build and relevant runtime conditions. Keep the evidence, owner and time. An updated lockfile alone does not prove what is running.
04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
Each assertion retains its source. Mirrored records may repeat one underlying publisher; additional links are not independent corroboration.
- GHSA-g84c-rxfj-3j2c ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.
- CVE-2026-76844 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
Only published revisions appear here. Routine fetches do not create a material-change event.
- Revision 3 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 2 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 1 ·
First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.