CVE-2021-23357

Summary

CVECVE-2021-23357
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-15 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-18 19:04:00 UTC
DescriptionAll 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tyk Tyk All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security: Path Traversal Bug - Able to delete/modify arbitrary JSON files via management API · Issue #3390 · TykTechnologies/tyk · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Directory Traversal in github.com/tyktechnologies/tyk/gateway | Snyk MISC snyk.io Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: calabdean

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