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Vulnerability details: VCID-46n9-hwkz-8uf5
Vulnerability ID VCID-46n9-hwkz-8uf5
Aliases CVE-2017-16171
GHSA-mwj7-r5vc-hmc9
Summary Directory Traversal in hcbserver
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00533 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16171
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwj7-r5vc-hmc9
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/hcbserver
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/hcbserver
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16171
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16171
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/414
generic_textual HIGH https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/414
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16171
https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/hcbserver
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/414
CVE-2017-16171 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16171
GHSA-mwj7-r5vc-hmc9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwj7-r5vc-hmc9
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/hcbserver
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16171
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/414
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.67802
EPSS Score 0.00533
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:26:30.516995+00:00 GHSA Importer Import https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwj7-r5vc-hmc9 38.6.0